Quotes about Personal Growth

Empieza por tener un diario -en una libreta o bien por ordenador- en el que escribir sobre los sucesos, retos, conflictos, sorpresas y aprendizajes de tu vida cotidiana.

Because of you, I am me.

He announces that lately he keeps losing things. Like your wife and child, I want to say, but don´t. At fourty, I´ve learned not to say everything clever, not to score every point.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Sometimes incidents and events in our lives bring out the best in us, or the worst. Sometimes we recover from these events and sometimes we don't - but they always impact us. At other times how we act and react, or deal with a particular situation, reveals our true nature and tells us who we really are.

Gardens are a form of autobiography.

This was another item about growing up: you encountered all the cliches of love and loss and heartbreak.

I'm so in love with Gideon. He's changed my life in so many ways. He makes me feel beautiful and precious. I know it seems too fast, but he's the one for me.

My problem was me, and I didn't want to concern him with something he couldn't change. Only I could make myself a stronger person, and I needed to, if I wanted to make him happy and offer him the security he so desperately wanted from me.

My job as assistant to junior account manager Mark Garrity was a dream come true. While some—namely my stepfather, megafinancier Richard Stanton—couldn't understand why I'd take an entry-level position considering my connections and assets, I was really proud to be working my way up. Mark was a great boss, both hands-on and hands-off, which meant I was learning a lot both by instruction and from doing it myself.

You're not? A woman doesn't take a sabbatical from men if she hasn't been hurt by one real badly.

I can't promise not to fuck up, but I can promise to learn and do better.

Go out and do something. It isn't your room that's a prison, it's yourself.

All my life I'd told myself studying and reading and writing and working like mad was what I wanted to do, and it actually seemed to be true, I did everything well enough and got all A's, and by the time I made it to college nobody could stop me.

Why can't I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which one fits best?

Unless you can be yourself, you won't stay with anyone for long. You've got to be able to talk. Spend your nights learning, so you'll have something to say. Something the attractive intelligent man will want to listen to.

I needed experience. How Could I write about life when I'd never had a love affair or a baby or even seen anybody die?

All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air.

Face it, kid: unless you can be yourself, you won't stay with anyone for long. You've got to be able to talk. That's tough. But spend your nights learning, so you'll have something to say.

Miért ne próbálhatnám föl a különféle életeket éppúgy, mint a ruhákat, hogy lássam, melyik illik rám és hozzám a legjobban?

Se eu nunca aprendesse, nunca teria que colocar aquilo em prática.

Then I knew what the trouble was - I needed experience. How could I write about life when I'd never had a love affair or a baby or seen anybody die?

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