Quotes about Personal Growth

In my thirties, I gained a sense of calm that came from professional stability and, although this is not backed by science, a general slowing of my metabolism, which is why I can gain seven pounds from eating one heavy dinner.

If my childhood, teens, and twenties were about wanting people to like me, now I want people to know me. So,

This story didn't end in fireworks, because the truth is, fireworks are something from my twenties. I could have made fireworks, but I chose to make a nuanced memory of a person who is neither a hero nor a villain in my life.

But it took me twelve weeks to realize that I don't really like organizations where people are "deemed" things. I should mention that I did learn a few undeniably useful things at my sorority,

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

I think sometimes when we grew up with a parent who is deeply flawed....we learn, subconsciously at least, to expect the worst from everyone else as well....Fortunately, it doesn't have to be that way forever. We can learn to see with new eyes if we try.

Ara faig d'angle estèril de la llum. Si em criden, tanmateix, diré que encara no estic a punt, que tinc certes foteses per endegar, mig de nit, mig de dia, que de moment, sisplau, amb mi no hi comptin, que encara em queda molt passat per viure.

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

I excused him for the cover and for everything else. For not yet being a New Man. We fell into silence then; he did not ask me any more questions. I was still happy to sit there beside him, but that is only because I have very, very low expectations of most people, and he had now become Most People.

But Ed [the family counselor] wasn't fazed; in fact, he suggested the dynamic had served each of us well. Something in the way he said this gave me the feeling that the dynamic was moving on, perhaps down the block, where it would serve some other confused family. And we would be left dynamic-less, four people alone with all the wrong feelings for one another.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

Developing a program that will serve you a lifetime is not an instant fix. Attitude shifts take much longer, but when they take, they tend to take for good.

For this reason, three months is the usual time to find your way. But you must enjoy the ride.

Sometimes when my mom finds a fun article and really wants me to read it, I will. But I prefer to just kind of focus on what I want to do and not really what other people are saying, because I don't want that to affect me too much.

Nothing is worthless on the earth, Trace your hidden skills and make yourself a precious one :)

Surpass today what you were yesterday, go beyond those of poor skill tomorrow, and exceed those who are skillful later.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Success is not just the destination; it's the entire journey, every bit of it. It's not just the outcome rather it's the entire process."

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

Yes, we'll have to put a stop to this bookworming. No future in that.

But I've been the queen of crazy for the last few months. The last year, really. Who am I kidding? My entire life I've been at the epicenter of crazy. I am the hurricane's eye.

The journey inward is what gives meaning to the life outside ourselves. Not in any static, dogmatic, once-for-all way either, but in a way that grows and develops and changes to meet different circumstances, different stages of development. Contemplation is not an optional extra -- it is, as much as action, part of the very stuff of being human." 

He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry some days. But I really have worked hard to put a lot of the anger and disappointment in the past.