Quotes about Personal Growth

Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.

You can start where you are with what you've got and go wherever it is you want to go.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was

As soon as a person starts thinking, 'I want to be a better person,' that is the start of Yoga.

When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.

I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers, free drugs, all that. That's still there if you want it, but I don't really seek that out any more.

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.

Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.

It's nice to be able to try and build the life you want for yourself.

Bugs is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are.

Be the kind of person you want to be with... If you don't like the people in your life, you are the one who has to change, not them.

Success means doing things you don't want to do.

I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.

The question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?"

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.

After each experience, you grow up, you get enriched with something, and you don't know how you're going to be in six months, you don't know what you're going to want, what you're going to need.

Don't talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.

I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.

If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.

As with good history, good psychoanalytic interpretations must also make sense, pull together as much of the known data as possible, provide a coherent and persuasive account, and also facilitate personal growth. Psychoanalytic