Quotes about Personal Growth

At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you'll keep resentment far away.

You are not yet able to serve men, how can you serve spirits?

I am not worried that nobody knows me. I seek to become fit to be known

The faults of the superior man are like the eclipses of the sun and moon. He has his faults, and all men see them; he changes, and all men look up to him.

15.15 The Master said, "To demand much from oneself personally, and not overmuch from others, will keep ill will at a distance.

Today, most translation work happens remotely, and translators can live almost anywhere. The up and down nature of most freelancers' work loads also lends itself to using free time to take classes, pursue hobbies, travel or spend time with family.

In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments.

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on something that was eatin you.

It's not about knowing who you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Every step you take is forever. You can't make it go away. None of it.

After a while he said: It's not about knowin where you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. Or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Ever step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. None of it. You understand what I'm saying?

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you.

If you don't handle the hurt properly, their sin becomes a catalyst for your own.

What is within is more important than what is without.

You are small. You have red hair. You don't realize it yet, but you are about to set out on the most alarming episode of your life so far…

There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.

It was generally less shocking to Liz that twenty years after high school she was still her essential self, the self she'd grown up as, unencumbered by spouse or child, than that nearly everyone else had changed, moved on, and multiplied. After

My known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest.

Uchiyama R?shi helped me a great deal in not allowing me to use zazen as an escape. He said, "You must know that behind zazen are the teachings of Buddhism, and behind them, your own life experience." These words went a long way in clarifying for me a passage in the Sh?b?-genz?: Genj? K?an (Actualizing the Koan): "To study Buddhism is to study the Self.

We are gods in the chrysalis.

When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary. If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.

Wanamaker learned this lesson early, but I personally had to blunder through this old world for a third of a century before it even began to dawn upon me that ninety-nine times out of a hundred, people don't criticise themselves for anything no matter how wrong it may be.

Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.