Quotes about Personal Growth

The Marine Corps forced me to come home from Afghanistan. It's up to me to allow myself to come home.

Until we face the war within ourselves, the world will never change.

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts.

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

A man must become wise at his own expense.

A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within.

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away.

Communication is the solvent of all problems and is the foundation for personal development.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.

The ego is the separate self through which the universal self can experience the adventure of living.

Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.

Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests.

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.