Quotes about Personal Growth

I was excited because getting to know oneself was exciting. I was beginning to believe that I had the power to influence my own personality.

knew that I was scrappy enough to learn the role and do it well.

An increasingly large part of me believed that this was it, this was my life and it wasn't going to get better. The problem was me.

You never know what a man -- or a woman -- has inside: how much grit, how much courage, how much willingness to change. When someone draws on those qualities, you're looking at a person of substance. And power. And promise. This world needs more of those.

You cannot change the world until you first change yourself. We often look to external factors to bring about change in the world, but true change must come from within. If we want to create a better world, we must first cultivate the qualities of compassion, empathy, and understanding within ourselves" (Kneubuhl 19).

Another step is that daughters can learn to monitor their own feelings and instincts by saying, "I feel uncomfortable (angry, dominated, usurped, inadequate, guilty, furious) with my mother more often than I do not. I have to pay attention to that, because it shows in how I treat my friends (lover, spouse, kids, colleagues). There is validity here. I don't have to blame or excuse my mother-I just have to see her so I can see myself.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

Life is all about three things. Winning, Growing & Sharing. Winning- People with God's Love, Growing - Oneself & Others with God's Grace and Sharing - the Joy of Living with God's Power !

In the painting I saw, in the books I read, I recalled her, for she her had in many ways been the making of me.

A man is not a man until he leaves his home or has a house of his own.

A successful marriage depends upon two things: to find the right person and to be the right person.

First improve yourself, and then judge others.

Just because we know more about people, that's why they don't dare to change themselves.

Teach your tongue to say "I don't know" instead of making up something.

You are all you have to offer the world. Know yourself, love yourself and be yourself.

There comes a time in life when you know what you like and have to make up your mind to like what you know, or at least have begun to know. In other words, you must determine in what direction your knowledge is leading, thus far.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Where friendship blooms, life is reborn.

According to Theo, he is definitely making a name for himself. But we are under no illusions, and are only too grateful that he is having some slight success. You don't know what a hard life he has had, and who can say what is still in store for him. His disappointments have often made him fell bitter and have turned him into an unusual person.

You have changed since then, you are no longer the same." Well, that is not entirely true. What has changed is that my life then was less difficult and my future seemingly less gloomy, but as far as my inner self, my way of looking at things and of thinking is concerned, that has not changed. But if there has indeed been a change, then it is that I think, believe and love more seriously now what I thought, believed and loved even then.

But if we keep to the positive fact of wanting to produce and to be something, then we can talk over accomplished facts, when it cannot be avoided, without getting angry, even if they might concern, or stand in direct relation with, the Goupils or our family. Besides, these questions are between you and me for a better understanding of the situation, and not out of spite.

One of the great jokes of life is that by the time you're old enough to recognize how little you know, all you can do is mop up the aftermath, dump it in a giant personal hazmat container and move on.

She isn't easy to have for a mom, she has too many opinions for one family, she can make me want to slam doors and stick out my tongue but I don't do it because of the long run.

Particularly difficult for partners is the reassertion of self, unless they have been very strong as individuals throughout the partnership. Learning to say 'I' instead of 'We' can be a painful task for two people who have grown into each other and become enmeshed.