Quotes about Personal Growth

Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you're doing it you look forward to doing it; while you're doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you've done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.

Without really trying to, I've become a sort of jailhouse lawyer of relationships - someone who's had to do so much work on her own case that I can now help you with yours.

People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.

Honestly, I have been able to accept my father's new relationship because you get to that point with your parents that you realise it's their life, not yours.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

Despite the natural belittling of one's self, the doubts, the insecurities, we have to wake up to the realisation that we all write our own autobiography, we are the authors of our life story. Realising that, write a good story with your life and make sure to write yourself as the protagonist. Be the hero of your journey.

When you're uncomfortable, that's when you learn something new about yourself.

Everything about your life, about your body, grows! Your cells regenerate; your hair, your nails, everything grows for your entire life. And your soul needs exploration and growth. And the only way you'll get it is by forcing yourself to be uncomfortable. Forcing yourself to get outside, out of your head.

Believe in yourself, and find ways to express yourself, and find the discipline to keep growing.

Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.

Everyone grows at their own pace, and you shouldn't compare yourself to anyone.

The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant.

You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive.

You have to break yourself down to rebuild yourself stronger.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.