Quotes about Personal Growth

I had to find my sense of self, my authentic identity, my voice, and my center beyond the restrictions, limitations, and definitions that anyone else taught me, imposed upon me, or expected of me.

dislike in ourselves.

Time doesn't heal, whatever they say. It's how we use the time that can heal.

You were never what he wanted you to be. And more than even I hoped. In weak moments, I might credit the lieutenant for some of that.

The waiter arrived and took their orders. When he was gone, Macy added, "Besides, my life coach says it's inefficient to spend time with people you're hoping will change, that it's a surefire way to derail your future.

this life is the incubation period!

But by God, he was going to stop running from his cowardice. He had to own his shit - even if it made him hate himself to the core. Because maybe if he did, he'd stop trying to distract himself with sex and drinking, and figure out what he did want. Apart from Blay, that was.

Cursing herself, she said, I'm going to man up here. I'm going to so be twenty-one. You're not going to believe how tight in the head I'm going to be. Really. For real.

Sometimes strength rested not in resistance, but in the release of arms against a foe of one's own creation.

Just because you moved on didn't mean you shed your personal history like a suit of clothes. Your past was the same as your skin: with you for life, both the proverbial beauty marks . . . and the scars.

Here's what I know to be true. We can bury the past all we like. We can use a hundred thousand distractions, some of which are healthy, some of which are not, to keep it under the ground—but when something isn't processed, it will absolutely, positively come back and bite us on the ass.

You don't have to be searching to find what you need.

Not brother. And never again.

Why did people always learn things about themselves too late, he thought.

Yeah, life was good. Especially when you powered-down your ego . . . and had the right woman in your bed for the right reasons.

the whole clean-break thing had been an illusion. Just because you moved on didn't mean you shed your personal history like a suit of clothes. Your past was the same as your skin: with you for life, both the proverbial beauty marks . . . and the scars. Mostly the scars

You've come a long way from being that asshole I once knew and tolerated.

Rimasero così per un tempo interminabile, lui a fissare il pavimento, lo sguardo di lei verso il soffitto. Poi, nel silenzio, lui si rese conto che avevano raggiunto il punto più alto della consapevolezza di chi erano come individui e cosa significavano insieme. Era l'essenza di entrambi: i loro sbagli, percepiti e veri, erano sul tavolo, non avevano più segreti, e la loro eternità era ancora intatta.

You put your life on hold for me. And really, I get that. I appreciate that. But I'm not a baby anymore. Let go, Mom.

Torturing yourself for what you cannot do prevents you from achieving all you can do. It is that simple.

I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.

When certain doors opened around 'Twin Peaks,' I wasn't interested in walking through them. Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children. My life is not dependent on the business in that way.

I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in.

I keep track of my blog stats, Facebook subs, my Amazon rank, Twitter followers, Facebook likes per posts, my chess ranking. I get stressed when they all don't go up.