Quotes about Personal Growth

Anybody who is imitating somebody else, no matter who it us, is heading in the wrong direction. It is impossible to become like somebody else. Your only hope is to become more fully yourself.

Can we be in touch with our own life unfolding? Can we rise to the occasion of our own humanity? Can we take on the challenges we meet, even seeking them out to test ourselves, to grow, to act in a principled way, to be true to ourselves, to find our own way, and ultimately not only have it but, more importantly, live it?

any change that comes about in your life will be primarily because of your own efforts

If you are mindful as emotional storms occur, perhaps you will see in yourself an unwillingness to accept things as they already are, whether you like them or not. Perhaps that part of you that does see this has, in one way or another, already come to terms with what has happened or with your situation. Perhaps, at the same time, it recognizes that your feelings still need to play themselves out, that they are not ready to accept the situation or to calm down, and that this too is all right.

The interesting thing about this work is that we don't really do anything for them. If we tried, I think, we would fail miserably. Instead we invite them to do something radically new for themselves

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David looked at her and smiled. "I think you have to feel comfortable being alone with yourself before you truly know who you are and can feel comfortable being yourself with others.

This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.

I'm a family oriented guy; I've personally started four or five this year.

I don't know what to say about myself. I don't know myself (laughs). People say my humility but I believe we're all humble in our own way. I try to stay close to my family and friends.

If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.

I'm going to be me at the end of the day. And I think my family appreciates that. They're happy for me that I'm finding out who I am, and I'm content with that.

I see the friends I made over the years who have become family today, people I became acquainted with who have achieved so much in their lives. They taught me something with each meeting.

You don't pick your family, you take what you're given and you make the best of it.

You look at your past and things that are unresolved and figure out what you need to do to move forward and fill a role with your family and in your community.

I do know what my family has done for me, but they do need to give me some space to let me be myself. There would be some things I would handle differently.

I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid.

I want to push myself to be brave and out of my comfort zone, but I guess I stay in my comfort zone knowing I have my family close by.

Whatever role we were in our family of birth, we take on this persona and in your 20s and 30s in particular, you end up thinking that's you and that isn't necessarily you.

You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.

Their mother had always stressed the importance of taking care of yourself first, your family second and everyone else not at all.. darkest surrender

A family is a bunch of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.

My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways.

I wish I had been more mature. I wish I had handled the immediate aftermath of the accident involving my family better.