Quotes about Personal Growth

We are like travelers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs.

It's easy to count other people's mistakes. Make your own if you can.

Because the birdsong might be pretty, But it's not for you they sing, And if you think my winter is too cold, You don't deserve my spring.

Most of what is now "bitter" for our old nature is going to be useful for our nature

Every step of the walk unburdens us of what we have just seen and thought while it simultaneously thrusts us into the previously unknown.

I am, after all, an adult, a grown man, a useful human being, even though I lost the career that made me all these things. I won't make that mistake again.

A year ago I came here without a nickle in my pocket, now, I've got a nickle in my pocket.

Always compete upwards, as otherwise you'll find yourself reduced as a human.

A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.

The world's greatest changes are made at home.

The most important gifts we can give our children are confidence in their ability to remake themselves again and again and the tools with which to do that job

I need to work on developing a new, less irritable personality. though I suspect that an empty nest would be at least a partial cure, today I resorted to substance abuse.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

Perhaps then, some day far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

You'll get better with time so be patient with yourself.

I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.

You have gotta lose your mind Just to find your peace of mind.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

I guess I like who I am now. I'd just like to have a little more internal peace. I'm sure everybody would.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by agreement or by emotional appeal.

I had a tough career. I then resolved to find peace. And, I finally found Islam.