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Quotes about Personal Growth

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.
~ John Coltrane
I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.
~ Maya Angelou
Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
~ Booker T. Washington
Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.
~ Jon Bon Jovi
It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?
~ Beyonce Knowles
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
~ Bruce Springsteen
Second by second you lose the opportunity to become the person you want to be. Take charge of your life.
~ Greg Plitt
Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.
~ James Dean
I want you to be forever strong on the field, so that you will be forever strong off the field.
~ Larry Gelwix
I surround myself with people that I want to be with. And I keep moving forward.
~ Sam Berns
A lot of men are very possessive and they want to control you. But as you grow older, you attract people who are on your wavelength and who understand who you are.
~ Marisa Berenson
I liked you because you could make me smile. I fell in love with you because you made me want to be a better person. Now that you're leaving me, what am I supposed to do?
~ Lisa Gilbert
I'm not sure what I'll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure.
~ Nigel Kennedy
Push me past my limit all you want. It's territory I know well.
~ Ben Greenhalgh
Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.
~ Dan B. Allender
To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.
~ Cat Stevens
If you feel a sense of social responsibility, first of all keep working on yourself. Being peaceful yourself is the first step if you want to live in a peaceful universe.
~ Ram Dass
I'm not doing no more 'Flavor of Loves.' I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page. You can't stay on the same page in order to get to the next chap.
~ Flavor Flav
I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.
~ Nikki Sixx
Jobs are for lazy people who don't want to invest in themselves.
~ Damon Dash
In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.
~ Josh Radnor
The biggest obstacle to people becoming better is that you have to really want to be a good person in order to be a better person, and most people would rather be other things.
~ Dennis Prager
In order to grow emotionally and mentally, sometimes you have to grow physically as well. I'm just trying to grow, man, and always I just want to be the best and most confident me I can be.
~ Jill Scott