Quotes about Personal Growth

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

There would be more good marriages if the marriage partners didn't live together.

This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible beings who do not run away from life

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

Remember that a successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person

I'm just a normal person like you growing up, living my life, trying to figure out what life really is.

Just because you miss someone, it doesn't mean you should go back to them. Sometimes you have to just keep missing them until you wake up one morning, and realize that you don't anymore.

My inner strength and self respect is getting stronger every day.. thank you to those who tried to bring me down... you made me who I am today.

I am thankful for all the poor choices I have made in my life because they all eventually led me to where I am... and I couldn't ask for a better place to be.

God, You know I need supernatural control. Help me to be a better person. Help me to find joy in kindness. I need You to be with me every second of every day.

To become more like Jesus we must understand that the only growth we can be in charge of is our own.

As I look back over my mountains of growth and compare them to the molehills where I stagnated, community often made the difference.

If we spend too much time reliving the past, it gets us nowhere." "That's where I am, Rafe. Nowhere.

I suppose you're right about some perspectives. Just a few weeks ago, I thought you were a dickhead.

I was becoming stronger in some ways but weaker in others.

It's other people who make us wise, and I haven't known nearly enough.

Sometimes we're all pushed to do things we thought we could never do

It may not seem like it now, but you´re stronger today than you were yesterday. Tomorrow, you´ll be even stronger.

I have come to feel that the essence of life is not what it so often seems to be - working to have, working to get, working to possess. It's about becoming . It's about what's happening inside us.

As a child grows, the Lifebook is used for a multitude of purposes, including helping a child deal with unresolved feelings as they surface. A child's Lifebook should be added to as he journeys through life. It also should be accessible to children any time they feel a need to thumb through it. The Lifebook, after all, belongs to the child.

I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.

I don't usually look back. When I make foolish decisions, I file the consequences under lessons learned and tell myself not to be stupid in the same way again.

Don't look over your shoulder. The past is past. Just try to get through it, and give yourself some grace.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.