Quotes about Personal Growth

Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened.

They say experience is the best teacher, but I'll be damned if I know what it teaches you.

We have been pretending for a long time to be limited beings.

You are the only person who can make you happy and whole. You do not have another half out there waiting to be discovered.

Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they have only themselves to think of.

Whatever you struggle with is an indication there is key information you haven't accessed yet.

We are both a student and a teacher from birth. How eagerly we embrace these roles determines how fulfilled we are with our lives.

I never drank from the fountain of knowledge, I had mine on the rocks.

What I like about graduation speeches is that they're an opportunity for someone to make sense of their life and to impart that wisdom to someone else. It's like a sanctioned self-help moment.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, "Hey, I have to stop this silliness."

And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

Many of the most successful men and women in the world never graduated from college. They attended the school of life instead.

People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

I would encourage everyone in their first job not to ask themselves, 'Where do I want to be?' but 'What do I want to learn from this?' Use that opportunity to be a sponge.

I'm trying to be a sponge. People say, 'Well, that's what your rookie year is.' I still feel that way in my second year.

I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.

But at the end of the day, in order for me to reach my full potential, I need an environment that allows me to be me... The executives at Fox Sports get and embrace me. Fox Sports allows me to be real.

I was a normal guy with a job at Costco, thinking about going back to school. I played sports; I hung out with my friends. I wanted to make something of myself, but I didn't know what.