Quotes about Personal Growth

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

no matter what happened to him now, whatever became of what was left of humanity… nothing could take away his experiences of these last remarkable few weeks. Nothing could reverse, not really, the striking ways in which Wesley had grown. And nothing could erase the contributions he'd been able to make to the cause – finally, fumblingly, through sheer trial-and-error and dogged persistence. He'd been part of a great undertaking. And part of a team.

Just do your job, keep learning every day, perform at your peak and to the outside edge of your limits, never complain, and always be first to support your teammates.

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

Confused to find that the power of the presidency had limitations, he came to see the limitations as his own

She was learning at breakneck speed that the price of freedom was responsibility.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

If the goal of higher education is, in fact, to foster a self-actualization (Maslow 1967), certain personally significant experiences must occur.

I like playing defense, but sometimes I think it might be fun to score the goals. It would be nice to be the good guy for a change.

Relationships are such that if one person changes, the relationship changes.

A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it. Mary Karr, The Liar's Club

We've all done things we'd rather keep in the dark. It's only by shedding light on them that our demons can disappear.

Money and sex are two of the most challenging aspects of life to declutter, but extremely worth the trouble.

It takes years for me to trust I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.

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It was an empowering thing, she thought, to be able to pick and choose what and whom she allowed in her life.

Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class.

Most of us would like to be smarter than we are, stronger than we are, richer than we are, but we don't feel all that comfortable with people who are.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.

Don't be yourself — be someone a little nicer.

Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer.

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

He… got the better of himself, and that's the best kind of victory one can wish for.