Quotes about Personal Growth

The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.

I've read over 200 self improvement books. I know what to do to change my life around, but I have the fear of that change. What will happen then? I have the fear that something unexpected may occur.

If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. "No, Bryce," he said softly. "She's the same as she's always been; you're the one who's changed." He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, "And son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again.

But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on

Responsibility educates.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.

After all, the more women are developed internally, the more this is threatening to a society that insists on seeing them merely externally.

I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.

The seed that decides to grow, reaches the fruits."

The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.

don't be the smartest person in the room, its corollary is: if you look around and see that you are the smartest person in the room, find a new room.* This is the only way you keep growing and challenging yourself to be the most interesting human you can be.

Still, I accepted this invitation to speak tonight because if one of my fundamental rules for living a successful and happy life is: don't be the smartest person in the room, it's corollary is: if you look around and see that you are the smartest person in the room, find a new room. This is the only way you keep growing and challenging yourself to be the most interesting human you can be.

I wonder if The Lesson is that, in order to succeed, I need to rely upon myself, trust myself, love myself, and not put my happiness and sadness into the hands of others.

The difference is a matter of shifts in society . . . and in me. These shifts aren't meant to be an excuse of any kind. I'm happy for the shifts, as it has brought (at least some of) the world to a more enlightened place. A place just a touch freer of bigotry and hatred, including within myself.

In marriage, being the right person is as important as finding the right person.

Sana kar?? büyük bir sevgi besleyen, sana yard?m etmeye haz?r olan büyük adam? toplumsal ya?amdan ç?karan?n kendin oldu?unu göremiyorsun küçük adam.

Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness...we may admire what he does, but we despise what he is.

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behaviours than from hearing surprising facts from the behaviour of others

and want is difficult at the best of times, and especially difficult when we most need to do it, but we can

According to many psychologists, the happier people get, the better are their friendships, marriages, work performance, health, and income. In short, no pain, more gain.

The meaning of life is not something we look for, it is something we create.

We slough off the responsibility to create ourselves by shrugging and claiming, "That's just the way I am.