Quotes about Personal Growth

Wisdom of the Ages: "Humility" If you don't have it, you're gonna get it.

Big changes could come quickly, and he wondered what else might happen to his heart while he wasn't paying attention.

It was deflating to realize how much my own family's quality of life might improve if I replaced myself with a Fundamentalist stay-at-home daughter.

I'm past competing in pissing contests. My jet stream is now more of a trickle. The only contest I'd win is the number of trips to the bathroom it takes to purge a 32oz soda.

So. Monday. We meet again.We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership.

I am always doing what I thought I couldn't do, because I might learn something. Henri Marcel - Marriage a Journey and A Dog

It is important to correct bad behavior one toe at a time.

Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it.

Caterpillars can fly, if they just lighten up.

I love the process of being taken from where I am to somewhere else.

Boston is large enough to learn your independence and small enough to make your own.

The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

Develop your soul into independence!

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change

When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.

Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.

There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running your race.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

If we never take a risk, we'll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.

With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.

I'm a guy that creates my own destiny in this world. Until I'm off the planet, there's always a second chance.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.