Quotes about Personal Growth

Simply put, if someone had not prodded you into more expansion, you could not feel the pain of not keeping up with that expansion. The interaction

David Seabury's book The Art of Selfishness

The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage.

If we long to save the whole world but we can't deal with our own family and friends, something has gone wrong in our understanding of what it means to be human.

Here's my personal definition of a Buddhist: someone who prioritizes cultivating her relationship to her own heartmind—and her relationship to other sentient beings—above whatever else she might achieve in life.

As we've said, those people weren't "born this way" (if they were, what use would they be as examples for us?). Rather, they were brave enough and patient enough to slowly develop themselves, to till the fertile soil of their own minds over time.

I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.

Individualism is the growth-stunting, maturity-inhibiting habit of understanding growth as an isolated self-project. Individualism is self-ism with a swagger. The individualist is the person who is convinced that he or she can serve God without dealing with God.

We don't form our personal spiritual lives out of a random assemblage of favorite texts in combination with individual circumstances; we are formed by the Holy Spirit in accordance with the text of Holy Scripture. God does not put us in charge of forming our personal spiritualities. We grow in accordance with the revealed Word implanted in us by the Spirit.

As we grow into maturity in Christ our distinctiveness is accentuated, not blunted. General directions, useful as they are, don't take into account the details that face us as holiness takes root in the particular social and personal place we are planted.

I was pretty certain that the adventure I was going through now had made me a more creative, flexible thinker than I'd ever been.

it had been no hardship to grow up in his brother's shadow. Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.

I've never done a job that I didn't think was a stretch." -Sandra Day O'Connor

My only ambition in life is to grow and support growth in others.

When Destiny's Child released their first record, I don't think I even noticed. I was still at school, and I had my own life in Houston.

I'm 23, and if I wanted to release a record when I was 17, I could have released a record, but I'm really glad I didn't.

When I released 'Songs From My Bedroom'... that's the one that people started actually listening to.

I've grown a lot since my first record came out - even since 'Back II da Basics' was released in 2005.

All of the records are direct reflections of how we were at that time in our lives, so when we play them, it's very nostalgic and fun, but also it's cool to see that they all still sound really relevant.

I'm the kind of guy that grows, and that's what I do everyday in the gym. Work on new stuff and stay relevant.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in that subject - which is a wonderful relief.

Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift.

When I started writing 'My Struggle,' my father was still an issue: someone I had in me every day, someone I would dream about - he was still a part of me. He was such a huge figure for me, and now he is just one among many, and that feels like a relief.