Quotes about Personal Growth

Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.

As to the learning that any person gains from school education, it serves only, like a small capital, to put him in a way of beginning learning for himself afterward.

Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.

Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape.

But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary.

I'm awfully interested in how big things begin. You know how it is; you're twenty-one or twenty-two and you make some decisions. . . then whissh! you're seventy. You've been a lawyer for fifty years and that white-haired lady by your side has eaten over 50,000 meals with you. How do such things begin?

Think of how far you've come," Maggie said softly. "And then ask yourself how much farther you wish to go

This time it is different. Today I have sought a spiritual teacher, I have read the sutras, and as a result I have now recognized the enemy!" It has been stated: The old days when you could Ruin me at will are now gone; I can see you now, so where are you off to? I shall tear down your arrogance.197

If you aspire to self-mastery, [286] apply the antidotes to pride; If you aspire to overcome all obstacles,

Shane wasn't far removed from the man he'd been when he passed out on Gayle King's shoulder as Jesse Williams announced that he'd won the 2009 NAACP Award for Outstanding Fiction.

Lizette didn't lay eyes on Audre till she was two. It was cruel. She hadn't raised her daughter to have such ghastly manners. But in the end, maybe Genevieve had been right to sever ties. Genevieve was Eva now, and she and Audre were both thriving. Everything turns out the way it oughta, she thought.

she was reminded that he was just a person. He mad massive mistakes, he felt things, he was sorry, ad he was trying to find his way, like everyone else.

This ability makes us more available to all of life. It builds self-confidence and inner strength.

I nodded, refusing to consider the possibility that any of us are doomed to die the same sorry people we sometimes become.

I'd like to share my experiences and the lessons I've learned and hopefully create some amazing, fun courses.

the key to achievement in life is not letting others define your towers.

she said she didn't think he should be Trevor, but rather just himself.

Initially my father was not very happy with the mimicry stuff, but when he saw that it was giving me direction he had no problems.

There's no reason to think that you'll be capable of loyalty to a diet until you address your basic disloyalty toward yourself.

Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.

Nobody challenges me. I challenge myself.

Do what's best for you, and do it to the best of your ability - go after your goals like nobody's business.

That is life: you have to deal with things, and it's up to you how you deal with things. That's what makes you mature or not. If you can get the best out of yourself, that's all that matters. If you do that, nobody is arguing.