Quotes about Personal Growth

She hadn't known she was crushed until she wasn't, and she didn't know she was fragmented until she became whole

Akiva lived, and was changed.

Nu te lupta cu monstrii , ca sa nu devii tu insusi monstru, caci daca privesti in prapastie, si prapastia priveste in tine , de asemenea.

A different sort of life, she thought, and the words became a mantra to the melody of the Emberlin. A different sort of life, a different sort of life. Where

Maturity is betterment of the existing state.

How can you make your life meaningful when you know you are unhappy?

Education isn't something your professors make for you. It's something you make for yourself.

You see, books had been happening to me.

Final Curve When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left

You can't forget the things you did in the past, or you'll never learn from them.

You've changed me for the better, and even if you left me, I would still have that." He paused. "Not that you should leave me," he added hastily

I've screwed everything up royally. I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.

La amaba lo suficiente para saber que ella estaría mejor sin él.

I have the benefit of experience which tells me that sulking solves nothing

I recall what you said to me once," Will went on. "That words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man than I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die -

There is one particular ex-boyfriend with whom it ended very badly because I was young and an idiot. I'd love to have several drinks with him and find out how his life has turned out and apologize for having hurt us both way back when. Corny, I know, but true.

Maybe what River had meant was that time itself was like a river, moving steadily forward, and you got to be in a new river every day, every hour. All my life I'd felt like a lake. A lake where everyhting was contained, forever. All my experiences, all the different people I'd been, everything I'd had, everything I'd lost...I carried them around with me, all the time

What begins very badly can only get better.

the more you rely on what you need, the more you become that which you rely on.

Part of the rediscovery process is figuring out what you think about the person looking back at you in the mirror.

The second revelation occurred when her unconscious released the idea, or the false belief, that her mother would love her only if she were totally perfect. Of course, that wasn't true. Her mother was incapable of loving her, and being perfect wouldn't alter that fact. That insight helped to free Madeline from trying so hard to please her mother.

Effective therapy is about lowering your defences so that you can deal with the issues that arise in your life.

she had her own boundaries, she'd no longer need the alternate personalities.

Rather, it's a matter of getting your unconscious to stop controlling your conscious mind. Effective therapy is about lowering your defences so that you can deal with the issues that arise in your life.