Quotes about Personal Growth

My childhood taught me nothing... zero.

I'd done all the things I thought a person had to do in order to be successful and fulfilled, like getting a great education and becoming a lawyer, and yet there was zero spark in my life. But there was no light-bulb moment. It was gradual. In the early 1990s, I decided to experiment and try some new ways of living.

From a mental point of view, as I've had to rebuild my life from zero, it has been crucial I've never given up, that I've set achievable targets, not things that couldn't possibly be achieved.

I know what the bottom is like. I know what it's like to have zero. You can always build up. But it starts by changing your mind and taking action.

I describe my career path as a zigzag, not a ladder.

After playing with Rob Zombie, I was ready to go, 'OK, this is as far as I'm taking this bass-playing thing. This is the end of the road.' I was ready to kind of hang it up.

Sometimes it's important to get out of that comfort zone and, I think, try new things, and sometimes you can express yourself better.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

There's always something in Atlanta that's so far from people's comfort zone.

I didn't like the person I was growing up to become. I needed to find myself and my identity. And for me, getting out of my comfort zone, getting away from the people I grew up with, and finding adventure, that was my odyssey, and it was the best decision I ever made.

Jim Newman, the business visionary who created the term 'comfort zone,' showed me how to expand my horizons. Thanks to Jim, after I attended one of his PACE Seminars in 1978; I moved out of my comfort zone at Bear Stearns and became a super successful oilman.

Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.

No one goes on a direct path, even though it sometimes feels like your peers might be racing ahead. Everyone's trying to figure it out. But if you just put yourself out there, step out of your comfort zone, establish yourself in terms of skills, mentorship, but leave space for your passions, then you're going to turn out pretty well.

The challenge excites me. Being hesitant to approach or audition for things pushes me out of my comfort zone.

I love to push myself! Stepping outside of my comfort zone is what will make me a better artist.

If you've not got the doubts to go and prove people wrong, that's when you get into that comfort zone and stop progressing.

Whether it's in America, Quebec, or France, if I can tell a story that takes me out of my comfort zone, then I'm surfing.

It's such a liberating feeling to go out of your comfort zone, to be independent and strike out on my own without my parents.

I never imagined I'd be a presenter on television, but I'm happy to put myself out of my comfort zone.

I think to do anything out of one's comfort zone, there has to be some aspect of it that feels inspiring and challenging in a positive way.

I loved being a part of 'Celebrity MasterChef.' The process was scary and I was so out of my comfort zone but I've learnt so much. Doing something I'd never done before put me in the position of the celebs on 'Strictly' and because of that experience, I think i'll be a better teacher because of it.

It wasn't easy to leave my comfort zone and chase my dreams. However, it is important to believe in yourself.

I've never lived in north or west London, so I'd like to come out of my comfort zone for a bit. But Stoke Newington is where my heart is, it's where I'm born and bred.