Quotes about Personal Growth

An individual human existence should be like a river - small at first, narrowly contained within it's banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and waterfalls. Gradually, the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged with the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.

God is thoroughly committed to finishing the masterpiece He started in us. And that process means one major thing: change. • • • What

area of captivity I have had to combat. I make this point because most of us unknowingly

I was 20 years old when I started playing in the Premier League. Maybe mentally I wasn't quite prepared for it, and that has earned me a reputation.

I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

My faith did not require beauty or belonging - the deeper I went into my practice, the less it required at all.

Before 'Race 3,' I had not done a role which required me to do action.

I'd say it was always in me - it's just what's required of you is very different in the moment that you become leader. When you're part of a team, you defer, and you're there to support your leader.

I grew up with a family that kind of always took care of me. They were always doting over me and I was always like a helpless little child. I think it's been a really big learning experience to be on my own and realize I can conquer things without having someone rescue me.

My Cleveland years were both scientifically and personally most rewarding. My wife Judy was able to rejoin me in our research and my research group grew rapidly.

I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.

The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none.

Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning.

The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

It's so easy to shut down and be in your own head after a breakup, you know?

I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible.

I used to be very shy, much more so than I am now. It's great that I've improved in that regard. Every day, I'm getting better and less... embarrassed.

I was very shy as a girl. Absurdly shy, even. Maybe because I was an only child. And I think that's why I'm so happy to have two kids now.

Some people, when they get criticism, they shy away from it.

I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy.

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.

Until I was about 14, I was so shy.

'Mighty Ducks' was a great experience, and I don't shy away from that.