Quotes about Personal Growth

I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please - not that it's not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for.

Whatever messed up belief you have pulled from your childhood that you blame yourself for has no relevance in your life now. Punishing yourself for something you THINK you did in your past is useless. Here

Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men.

And with this changed brain, the child can grow up and teach what she has learned

means that cultural-sensitivity training, which may help get at the intellectual elements of learning, needs to be coupled with real experiences and real relationships. That is what will help change you. It's hard for many people to do, and it certainly doesn't fix the whole system, but it's a start.

Your body may live in a cellar; but it's your own fault if your mind lives there.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it'll spread over into the rest of your life. It'll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement, which is something I experience every day — sometimes good, sometimes frustrating. No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.

Self-actualization is the important thing. And my personal message to people is that I hope they will go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization. I hope that they will search within themselves for honest self-expression. — Bruce Lee

QUESTION: What is the best way for a person to learn Chinese gung fu? BRUCE LEE: By being himself. The main thing is teaching a man to do his thing, to just be himself. The individual is more important than the style. If a person is awkward, he should not try to be agile. I'm against trying to impose a style on a man. This is an art, an expression of a man's own self.

physical or anything else, it'll spread over into the rest of your life.

All I do know is as we age the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier . . . much heavier. With each passing year, the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher and higher.

Nuestra reacción ante la lectura está más en la función de lo que sucede en nuestro interior que del contenido del libro... Los libros reposan en espera de que estemos preparados.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in their understanding of things.

If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.

The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.

It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes the way you do things, he may just let you flower for a day or a night. But don't go pestering and begging and telling him all your stupid little sins, that way you will spoil his day.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.

The greatest victory is not that which is won on the battlefield, but that which is won over oneself.

Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn't end there.

Just as others pray daily, you should think to yourself daily about what you can do to be closer to this Ideal Image. Think: "What can I do today to make my life better?" "What can I do to become more like my Ideal Image?