Quotes about Personal Growth

Maybe deep down inside we were all still in our formative years. Maybe it was never too late for any of us to change.

There's life after divorce, Sarah,' my father proclaimed, not that he'd ever been divorced.

If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isn't 'Is this a potential friend for me?' but 'Is this character alive?'

To get mad at being called a "little boy" is a proof that you indeed are one

Clara Claiborne Park

Sometimes writing a single line is enough to save your own heart.

the greatest obstacle to my progress is me. I myself have been the biggest difficulty in my path. It's with enormous effort that I'm able to overcome myself.

My maturing of a theme would already be a cantabile aria— so let somebody else make another song— the song of the maturing of my quartet. This is before the maturing. The melody would be the fact.

The minute she sensed he had left the house, however, she transformed, concentrated on herself and, as if she had merely been interrupted by him, continued slowly living.

no soy lo bastante adulta para saber usar una verdad sin destruirme.

Já me parece sinceramente não pertencer mais a nenhum lugar, tenho medo disso. Mas vamos deixar o futuro ao futuro.

Há coisas que só se aprende quando ninguém as ensina. E com a vida é assim. Mesmo há mais beleza em descobri-la sozinha, apesar do sofrimento.

the more I live, the more I regret how little i know

The further I get, the more I regret how little I know…

Con los años no es que se profundice lo peor de uno, sino que por fin sale a la luz.

It was a lesson.

I had thought the destination was what was important, but it turned out it was the journey.

the only metrics that will truly matter to my life are the individuals whom I have been able to help, one by one, to become better people.

Indeed, while experiences and information can be good teachers, there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn on the job. You don't want to have to go through multiple marriages to learn how to be a good spouse. Or wait until your last child has grown to master parenthood. This is why theory can be so valuable: it can explain

One of the most significant facts about us may finally be that we all begin with the natural equipment to live a thousand kinds of lives but end in the end having lived only one.

Still getting nowhere but it's the journey that matters not the hole at the end of the road.

Not everybody is born with perfect qualities. And not everyone will grow up with extraordinary achievements. Time is generous to those who want to succeed and conquer. Just be natural, because you yourself is unique in your own right.

No man can walk away from his own story

Little by little a person reaches forty and fifty and sixty, and feels more complete. God could've thrown full blown prophets flying through the cosmos in an instant.