Quotes about Personal Growth

genius is a path that we can all take and derive much benefit, happiness, fulfillment, and success from...not a genetic windfall or divine gift. Ultimately, this is the path to greatness.

are simply people that tap into their true potentials and people that don't.

believe that genius is a path that we can all take and derive much benefit, happiness, fulfillment, and success from...not a genetic windfall

Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You can't be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness.

I don't really necessarily think I'm a funny guy, but I like the opportunity to take on something that I don't feel I'm the best at doing.

I don't want to get home from work and wonder if I could have done better if I didn't go out that night. What you're doing is going to go on the big screen and go down in history.

Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last

Tulip hated this feeling. The last time she had felt this way, she had been utterly humiliated and deeply hurt. She couldn't imagine allowing herself to be charmed by another handsome man only to be heartbroken again. But she was different now, wasn't she? Stronger, bolder, and indeed more worldly.

But she was different now, wasn't she? Stronger, bolder, and indeed more worldly.

Distinguish yourself. [Mama] wanted me to be more like her. But Papa had always wanted me to be my own woman. He wanted me to distinguish myself from my mother.

Uno, me aventuro, es los libros que ha leído, la pintura que ha visto, la música escuchada y olvidada, las calles recorridas. Uno es su niñez, su familia, unos cuantos amigos, algunos amores, bastantes fastidios. Uno es una suma mermada por infinitas restas

Do not place the words of ANYONE above the feelings of your own being. You can learn much from others, but the deepest knowledge must come from within yourself.

I vowed to be more generous in our relationship, to consider my mother as more than the sum of her bad decisions.

a natural law of cause and effect, when we improve ourselves, the things we would like to have in our lives follow naturally. Improve who you are, and by that same law, you will improve your life.

I happened upon what I thought to be the most exceptional self-improvement idea I had ever encountered. It was a simple idea, new at the time, which would require only that I spend twenty minutes each night writing my goals, reviewing my progress, and mentally visualizing reaching each goal I was setting.

mastering one's future must surely start with managing one's "self." And if we could accomplish that, we could manage and master at least a part of what we call "life.

Problems are messages.

Remember, you are a new person at every new moment. Every day is a new day, and each one is an opportunity to realize the wonderful, loving, and lovable person you truly are. .

Set Your Goal Decide on something you would like to have, work toward, realize, or create. It can be on any level — a job, a house, a relationship, a change in yourself, increased prosperity, a happier state of mind, improved health, beauty, a better physical condition, solving a problem in your family or community, or whatever.

Precious stones need sculpting before they become gems.

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty Three

Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.

I am learning, and I believe I shall do quite well.