Quotes about Personal Growth

One can acquire everything in solitude but character.

Night, when words fade and things come alive, when the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

Man is still responsible. ... His success lies not with the stars, but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves-to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our today, to do our work with more force than ever before.

When there is no feeling of accomplishment, children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline.

It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils, and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery.

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too."

As the Spanish proverb says, 'He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is with traveling. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again.

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

The fun of being alive is realizing that you have a talent and you can use it every day, so it grows stronger. ... And if you're in an atmosphere where this talent is appreciated instead of just tolerated, why, it's just as good as sex.

A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying "long-time-no-see." If he hadn't broken your heart, you couldn't have that glorious feeling of relief!

The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing, let alone the success or failure that book may have after it is written . . . the book is merely a symbol of the writing. In writing the book, I am living. I am growing. I am tapping myself. I am changing. The process is the product.

...one's neuroses have possibilities of beauty.

Age 80. — Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at 20 or at 80. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young, but becomes constantly more valuable, regardless of physical capacity.

I was addicted to the hokey pokey, but I turned myself around.

?ovjek mašta od djetinjstva o velikim gradovima i slavnim poprištima, ali stvarne i odlu?ne bitke za održavanje svoje li?nosti i ostvarenje svega što ona u sebi nagonski krije, mora da bije tamo gdje ga sudbina baci, bogzna na kakvom uskom, bezimenom prostoru, bez sjaja i ljepote, bez svjedoka i sudije.

Ono sto je najljepše na iskrenoj i dubokoj ljubavi, to je da u odnosu prema onome koga volimo ni jedna naša mana ne dolazi do izraza. Mnogo šta što je zlo u nama is?ezava, a ono što je dobro ustostru?i se.

I now know that nothing in my life will change until I change the way I see my life and myself.

Today I am devoted to addressing all the little things about me and in my life that I have not mastered!

Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now.

Self-trust is about having an inner voice, being connected to that inner voice, learning how to hear and follow that voice, and doing the personal healing work required to make sure that the voice you hear brings your best interests to the forefront of your mind. Connecting

Learning to trust yourself means focusing on the good you are, the good you have, and the good you desire so that the truth can heal all error thought and allow you to see the blessing hidden in all that you have been through, gone through, and grown through.