Quotes about Personal Growth

Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?

...inwardly, we're much older than other girls our age. Even though I'm only fourteen... I feel I'm more of a person than a child...

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!

Every day you either see a scar or courage. Where you dwell will define your struggle.

Climb from the depths of your soul to the heights of your future.

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

The purpose of primary education is the development of your weak characteristics; the purpose of university education, the development of your strong.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, I'm still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career.

People who retain their childish attitudes will rarely be able to hold on to the success they may achieve through their talent.

I had an attitude problem when I was a kid. I'm not gonna lie.

"What's that line from T.S. Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up."

Change is hard at the beginning. Messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

The objective of most corporate leaders is to use people to make a great company. My objective is to use the company to make great people. —Ralph C. Stayer

Mistakes are not failure if we learn from them

Spiritual awakening happens when we stop resisting

Life is a journey, and you can't carry everything with you. Only the usable baggage.

No, It's hard to uproot yourself and really become yourself in another soil, but it's also an opportunity, another kind of growth.

The true revolution can only occur within the heart.

I really hope he shapes up, you know? He's got a good head on his shoulders when he's not trying to give himself alcohol poisoning.

If the lion in us wishes to roar but the goat bleats instead, we must pay for this substitution in one way or another. Payment will vary: For some, it will be experienced as depression, a loss of energy and enthusiasm, or a growing unconsciousness. For others, it can be uncontrollable, seemingly irrational behavior, during which life, fortune, profession, or marriage may be risked. In its most extreme form, the price may be a physical breakdown that can lead to illness or even death.