Quotes about Personal Growth

Father of Personal Development.

No looking back. Life goes one way only. And whatever opinions you hold about the past have nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't. A simple enough lesson...

Thinking: this journey will be the axle of my life.

You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.

We will be the same person in 5 years that we are today except for 2 things: the people we meet and the book we read

The river never changes. it may alter it's path a bit, but it never changes. It's us who change. We come back here and we're are different. Not it. Form can't be extracted from the essence like some broth reduction. This river's taught me a good bit. Probably why I don't leave here. It winds, weaves, snakes around. Rarely goes the same twice. But, in the end, it always ends up in the same place and the gift is never the same. ...it's the journey that matters.

Mientras mejor sepamos quiénes somos, más grande será nuestra efectividad y facilidad para hablar, y menores serán nuestros intentos por ser quien no somos. Esto

There isn't very much of the little boy left in Oscar; he didn't get to his position without being able to keep it under very tight control.

As long as you expect someone or something else to take responsibility for you, you're a child.

Don't choose the better guy, choose the guy that's gonna make you the better girl

I had to leave my parents to love them again. I had to move across the country to appreciate that I actually had any pull toward them - that I needed them. I had to get away from them in order to come back to them. I'd like to say they did the best they could, but that couldn't have been their best. I wasn't doing my best either, so the idea that everyone is always doing the best they can is a trope. Some people are just interested in surviving; doing their best doesn't even occur to them.

Choose the guy that's going to make you a better girl.

if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won't like you. It may not be easy, but it's essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs.

Too often when embarking on a journey, we focus on what needs to get done without looking at who we need to become in order to get there.

You will be with you longer than anyone else on the planet, so why not make it a good relationship?

Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.

That's how it is sometimes when we plunge into the depths of our lives. No one can accompany us, not even those who would give up their hearts for our happiness.

Wisdom that isn't distilled in our own crucible can't help us.

Women were the reason I became a monk - and, ah, the reason I switched back.

I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror and really love this person.

I wanted to look in the mirror and be accountable to only one person. The only person is me, and that's the only thing that drives me. The only person I'm in competition with is myself.

Each individual has got to look themselves in the mirror and try and see what they can do better. Period. Point blank.

I've done everything I can in my life to be the best person I can be, and I can look in the mirror and say that.

I think I became an actress because I didn't know who I was, and I certainly didn't like the person I saw when I looked in the mirror.