Quotes about Personal Growth

I didn't grow up in a regular upbringing. I ended up at my grandmother's house past a certain age, so I took care of things myself. I moved out of home when I was 16.

Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.

And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I honestly feel like I've come full circle and my heart's finally in the right place.

I was just a very torn child, very wounded in so many areas, with no family support. I happened to the be the fifth child of my family. So everybody was already grown and had left home already.

A good home must be made, not bought.

I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.

I'm very young. This gives me a perfect opportunity to play for a good team and be close to home, to grow as a player. (on signing for D.C. United)

My father retired to San Francisco, and I got a chance to know him and be around him. It's always been someplace where everything changed for the better. It's always been a home for me.

First there was just my home. Now I have to deal with the whole world.

So I started home schooling. I was a little freaked out about that, because I' m such a social person, involved in everything. It was awesome. I loved it and I loved being home.

I lived at home till I was 29.

I never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.

When you accept yourself completely you do not have to maintain a phony front, drive yourself to ''achieve'' or feel insecure if people tune-in to you and what you are doing.

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfullfilled potential.

... sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.

Having failed to conquer myself, my best hope now is to arrange an alliance with myself.

I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.

The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance.

My fear is that, as soon as I get married and have kids that I'll kind of do what a lot of people do and suddenly start making, 'Now I'm gonna make films for kids.' I really hope I don't do that.

Only by confronting your demons can you ever hope to conquer them.