Quotes about Personal Growth

There's no magic, one-size-fits-all solution to creating a happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative life; we can build a better life only on the foundation of our own nature, our own interests

Perhaps—like writing, leadership, and a sense of humor—good habits are something that must be learned, but can't be taught.

I remember talking to a friend whose parents had been very involved in the civil rights movement. "They always said," he told me, "that you have to do that kind of work for yourself. If you do it for other people, you end up wanting them to acknowledge it and to be grateful and to give you credit. If you do it for yourself, you don't expect other people to react in a particular way.

William Butler Yeats. "Happiness," wrote Yeats, "is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.

Everyone's happiness project is unique.

would seek happiness in the ways that seemed most natural to me.

couldn't just jump into this happiness project. I had a lot to learn before I was ready for my year to begin. After my first few weeks of heavy reading, as I toyed with different ideas about how to set up my experiment, I called my younger sister, Elizabeth. After

striving after goals—that is, growth—that brings happiness.

It takes work to be happier, but it's gratifying work.

The most important thing is to know ourselves, and to choose the strategies that work for us.

It's a Secret of Adulthood: If I give more to myself, I can ask more from myself. Self-regard isn't selfish.

We all know the secret of dieting—eat better, eat less, exercise more—it's the application that's challenging. I had to create a scheme to put happiness ideas into practice in my life.

Two kinds of clarity support habit formation: clarity of values and clarity of action. The clearer I am about what I value, and what action I expect from myself—not what other people value, or expect from me—the more likely I am to stick to my habits.

I later changed my passwords to a goal I've been working on, or an achievement I want.

No lean, como hacen los niños, para divertirse o, como los ambiciosos, para instruirse. No, lean para vivir.

Writing is often a lonely and difficult process, so take a moment to reflect on the good reasons and bad reasons to write a book. We still encourage you to do it, because it is one of the most rewarding experiences in life, but few things worth doing are easy.

Yeah, I should be in college, Mom, but I'm not. The world is my classroom, and one day I'll write a book, and that will be my degree.

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

It's hard to have done all one's growing up since 33 — but that's a damn sight better than not growing up at all.

the growing boy whose own mother inculcated a belief in his "ugliness";

Any Advance in wisdom requires a good dose of shamelessness. Intimacy

Mutual transformation is rare, as good things are. In my view, a person should live as they wish until they find someone they want to be faithful to. After all, as you say, one can't suck oneself off.

Watch out for people who belong in your past. Don't let 'em back in your life.

That sensitivity workshop," Myron said, "it's really starting to pay off.