Quotes about Personal Growth

Being caught up in the middle could be a compelling force for you to find your own identity.

Make a mental note of your mistakes so that you don't repeat them again.

Choose what makes you feel right within, not for others.

Never split yourself for someone else, people change.

Our yesteryear shall be described by those who have taken good care of themselves in their journey of life.

Positive thoughts make you a better person.

The more we focus on our past, the more we become weaker for our future.

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

It's not enough to be good at something to be in your element… We're being brought up with this idea that life is linear. This is an idea that's perpetuated when you come to write your CV — that you set out your life in a series of dates and achievements, in a linear way, as if your whole existence has progressed in an ordered, structured way, to bring you to this current interview.

How she loved you, her bubeleh, her boychik, her darling, but there was something cloying in that love, something theatrical and selfish, and you knew it and, as soon as you were big enough, you kept her at a safe distance.

Through them, I was able to make a turn in myself, and somehow that view from the window seen alone and at night has become an image for what I now recognize as the end of my childhood.

Years later, when I was grown (much taller than he ever grew) and I saw him in a local bar, he remembered my "crush" and said he regretted not acting on it. As silly as it sounds, this confession of his gave me real satisfaction, but the fact is he didn't want the fourteen-year-old I had been but the twenty-two-year-old I had become - another person altogether.

The bottom line in both cases is that people don't change; that no matter how charming you are and how fiercely you love, you cannot turn a person into something she's not.

I was single for a really long time, then I realized I had abandonment issues. Then I found love online.

Man is born only as a potential. He can become a thorn for himself and for others, he can also become a flower for himself and for others.

When I go out I get so much love I gotta change my way of thinking.

I didn't love school.

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life.

As I often tell my students, the person you'll have the hardest time opening to and truly loving without reserve is yourself. Once you can do that, you can love the whole universe unconditionally.

Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow.

After you develop your Self-confidence and love for God then you can share your experiences with others. But it is a good rule to talk very little, even about God.

I hadn't written a love story before and I hadn't written a novel with a happy ending before.

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.