Quotes about Personal Growth

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

I am much more interested in the process than results.

Because there are other people for whom being generous comes easily, without a struggle. And it's easy for them because in the past they made a lot of little decisions to be generous. It was hard for me because I've made a lot of little decisions to be selfish in the past. So I'm the reason it's hard for me to be generous.

She sees that Derek has a very different idea of high expectations than she has. More than that, she realizes that his is actually the better one. "You're right," she says, after a pause.

Just as we grow to understand the purpose of customs that seemed pointless to us in our youth,

Sometimes even bad advice can point a man in the right direction. It was in this manner that his in-laws' accusations ultimately pushed Neil closer to God.

So our journey became for me also an inquiry into my own psyche, which is what all the best journeys become.

The person your child becomes is a product of two things. The first is his life experience. The second is how he interacts with that experience.

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding" (Proverbs

I spent 13 years in Spain, and when you spend that amount of time somewhere, it has a deep influence on you.

I'm very conscious of people having pretty short attention spans: I know, I'm guilty of it. I'm 17 now: what happens by the time I'm 21, am I a burn-out or something? Will they still listen to my record?

Whatever work I have done in a very short span of time, like 'Balika Vadhu,' 'Kitchen Champion 4,' 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,' and 'Bigg Boss 7,' has been great for me.

When I have spare time, I catch up on things I've had to postpone due to lack of time.

If you're too much in control, you feel too secure in your shoes, and where's the emotion to keep going in life? To keep that spark going, you have to feel like an outsider.

I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.

I do not associate with and I do not speak back to negativity.

I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

I used to be incredibly afraid of public speaking. I started with five people, then I'd speak to 10 people. I made it up to 75 people, up to 100, and now I can speak to a very large group, and it feels similar to speaking to you one-on-one.

Writing and speaking and communicating, it's something important to me, and something I want to get better at.

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.

I'm married to Senator Vincent Hughes of Pennsylvania, so I always am speaking my mind. I remember, growing up, my parents were always involved in what was going on in the community, and their involvement helped me in so many different ways and other people within our community.

Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you're in as a person at that very moment. And usually once I've done it I feel like that part is over.

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.