Quotes about Personal Growth

Your first duty to God, to yourself, and to the world is to make yourself as great a personality, in every way, as you possibly can.

I'm not a comic book character. I'm not Indiana Jones or Bond, I'm a flesh and blood guy who is ageing and changing. I don't have to do what I did in '93. I couldn't do it and thank God.

I'm not what I want to be. I'm not what I'm going to be. But, thank God, I'm not what I was!

A journal is a great way to keep track of what happens daily in your walk with God and to record your prayers and thoughts.

When you and I are inclined to nestle down in indolence and self indulgence. God "stirs up our nests" and bids us fly upward.

My years as a mystic have made me question almost all my assumptions. They've made me a proud I-don't-know-it-all.

Writing is my therapy. In addition to my real therapy. God knows where I'd be without it. I'd probably still be at my last job, working in HR at a religious organization. I was horribly miscast.

God will help you be all you can be, but he will never let you be successful at becoming someone else.

Divorce is just about change, you know. It's God saying, You need a change. And I'm going to make it so your bank account only has change.

Just because I was 30 doesn't mean I was grown. God, I was such an idiot. I was an absolute idiot at 30. And I grew up.

God has challenged me to grow in my knowledge of Him but I have to CHOOSE whether or not to display this growth through my actions.

It's too late. Seventeen-year-olds don't need fathers. Oh god. I'm thirty-four years old and I need a father. I can't even begin to think what my daughter needs.

Sometimes, if you're like me, [God] will brace or reprove in a highly personal process not understood or appreciated by those outside the context.

Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things.

I am not where I need to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

What are you doing with life God has given you?

In understanding and developing your true identity, you can stand on solid ground because you are a person of God's unique creation

When you make yourself a better you, you inevitably make a better life for your family. That's the thing I'll always embrace and you should too. Better yourself. Enjoy your life.

In this life you will have some trials and tribulations. You cannot allow what happens to you to dictate who and what you become. Make a decision to do better and be better.

He who can see his own mistake can become absolute supreme Self (Parmatma)!

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.

I missed a lot of good times, doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. There are certain mistakes I'd like to change, but I'm not going to trip on it to hard.

Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up.