Self Growth Quotes

I knew it was the right thing to do because I started feeling some of the toxicity inside me melt away and peace begin to fill in the crevices ~ Kim C. Steadman

Differentiating from parental introjects and psychological defences based on the emotional pain of childhood is essential not only for neurotic or seriously disturbed individuals; it is a central developmental issue in every person's life. ~ Lisa Firestone

It's January and I'm kicking snow off the ground. I just threw out the flower you made me promise to water, handle with care, because I was too careless, you said. Careless with things and people, around me and behind
and I remember being still for just a second or two, thinking that it's so much easier to leave and start anew, than take care of what's already here. ~ Charlotte Eriksson

Becoming adept at the process of self inquiry and symbolic insight is a vital spiritual task that leads to the growth of faith in oneself. ~ Caroline Myss

Every expert was once an amateur. ~ Jeekeshen Chinnappen

Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind. ~ Ethel Percy Andrus

Letting someone control your life for you and decide what you will be is a sure way of creating things to regret on the day of reckoning. ~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Who you want to be is already inside of you waiting for you to confront who you are and tag them in to help you win the battle of the mind. ~ Sanjo Jendayi

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away? ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope

You can do anything you want to do, if you want to do it bad enough. ~ Tim Carter My Dad

It's about personal development. It's about creating your own character and pushing it to the limit. It's about pushing yourself so far out of your own and everybody else's idea of who you are and what you're capable of, that you no longer believe in limits. It's about reaching beyond your so-called potential, because your potential is never where you or anyone else expects it to be, not even close. It's about being able to say with the last breath of your life I used all my potential and all my talents and pushed myself to the limit. I could not have fought any harder. ~ Charlotte Eriksson

A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you. ~ Bob Proctor

I wanted to push away the very thing I wanted. Have you ever had that feeling? Was it because you were so afraid that you wouldn't get it? Or because you were afraid you would, but deep down didn't feel you deserved it? ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

The more flexible we become in our thinking and being, the more we open ourselves to self-awareness & growth. ~ James Van Praagh

You'd be surprised how often you doubt your own sanity when you don't understand your own capacities. ~ K.M. Mac Aulay "Black Anna"

The first woman you need to make friends with is yourself. ~ Helen Edwards

Our self-image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the othe ~ Maxwell Maltz

Be game
take a chance
don't hide behind veils and veils of discretion ... Go forward with what you have to say, expressing things as you see them. You are new evidence, fresh and young. Your work, the spirit of youth, you are the progress of human evolution. If age dulls you it will be time enough then to be ponderous and heavy
or quit. It takes a tremendous amount of courage to be young, to continue growing
not to settle and accept. ~ Robert Henri

It was astonishing that for some considerable distance around the mould growth the staphococcal colonies were undergoing lysis. What had formerly been a well-grown colony was now a faint shadow of its former self ... I was sufficiently interested to pursue the subject. ~ Alexander Fleming

Persistence is a unique mental strength; a strength that is essential to combat the fierce power of the repeated rejections and numerous other obstacles that sit in waiting and are all part of winning in a fast-moving, ever-changing world. ~ Bob Proctor

This is the day I give birth to my liberation. ~ Helen Edwards

To develop understanding and compassion for who we are as introverts, we must be able to explore who we are, what makes us happy, what makes us unhappy, and what our
subsequent needs are. ~ Aletheia Luna

Your body is molecular structure your body is a massive energy at a very high speed of vibration. ~ Bob Proctor

Bad things bring out the real you; the person hidden beneath all those layers of comfort. ~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Knowing someone who belongs to another species can enlarge your soul in surprising ways. ~ Sy Montgomery

You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision. ~ Bob Proctor

Life will either shrink or expand based on your decision to have courage. ~ Shannon L. Alder

What would be the best therapy? Punching the evil sod in the knob! [ ... ]
It doesn't undo it though. You'd feel good for a second and then there's just emptiness. It's like bingeing. After the chocolate there's the wrappers. ~ Rae Earl

Never miss an opportunity to be truly and deeply humiliated! The shame will carve you down to an individual of exquisite layering, and in the process, etch within you the arcs of exceptional narrative. ~ Ashim Shanker

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives ~ Vernon Howard

Time & distance does wonders for healing & rejuvenating your soul. ~ April Mae Monterrosa

Money will make you more of what you already are. If you're not a nice person, money's going to make you a despicable individual. If you're a good person, money's going to make you a better person. ~ Bob Proctor

Of course we need to accept ourselves as we are, but we can't stop there. We also need to value ourselves enough make needed changes. ~ Steve Goodier

There is always a curve n the road when it comes to a relationship,don't let others bring you down to their level because of their own unhappiness and insecurities that they have within themselves. ~ Sheree' Griffin

Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. You don't stand a chance. You can fight and pray and hope you have the strength to swim, but sometimes, you have to let yourself sink. Because you'll never know true happiness until someone or something pulls you back out of that river
and you'll never believe it until you realize it was you, yourself who saved you. ~ Alysha Speer

If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all. ~ Juvenal

You won't find your soul in a textbook, self-help book, or buy it in a store. Sometimes, it's just a matter of looking past the anger, regret, and envy to see its smiling face. ~ Charles F. Glassman

When you make a solid commitment to restructure the spiritual vitality in yourself, there is no end to the healing that you can experience in all areas of your life ~ Sereda Aleta Dailey

I try as much as possible to keep pushing myself beyond my limits, those set by myself, and those by others, to see how much lies within. He said nothing is impossible and I truly believe Him.
Once in while I go beyond . . .
More often than not, I get pretty burned and decline to tend to my sores in solitude, whilst trying the best I can to find out why I burned so bad.
Other times, I surprise myself at the power within has been lying dormant probably out of ignorance or out of fear.
Either ways, I learn . . .
And probably that is the most significant thing to be gleaned out of every experience. ~ Ufuoma Apoki

Respect yourself..you may not be able to get someone to respect you but you can chose not to be disrespected. ~ Turcois Omine

But I guess you have to get cracked wide open and exposed raw to become your best self. Nothing is transformed that is not discovered or exposed. And we are all constant imperfection in a state of evolution until we leave this place. It seems important to acknowledge that none of us, not even the greatest gurus of our time, are completely transformed. It's a great unraveling across a lifetime that is only accessed by the cracks in our ever-present false selves. ~ Jennifer DeLucy

It's important to keep in mind that WE decide the value people have in our lives, which means we can significantly control how much they affect us. It also means we can decide on how much space they can take up in our minds. ~ Chidera Eggerue

We will be different people after tonight. Different versions of ourselves. ~ Serena Valentino

Maybe I didn't march to the same drummer as most people, but I could do things on my own and do them well. That was what I'd learned, little by little, in the year I turned sixteen. I was complete by myself. ~ Diane Schwemm

Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have ever been. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

The more you honor and respect your time, the more other people will have to follow suit - and if they don't, then they do not deserve to take up room in your life. People are not allowed to make us feel bad for not rescuing them from their own situations. ~ Chidera Eggerue

And then I decided to be pro me. Be pro you to the end. No more cutting up myself and serving up myself like pieces of a pie for everyone's tasteless palates. And that doesn't mean you don't know how to say sorry; because being pro you means being pro growth and pro improvement. When I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong and I say that I'm wrong. And that's how I know I'm right! ~ C. JoyBell C.

The way is open, ride the wave of success again today. You can't lose. ~ Sereda Aleta Dailey

Self government is no less essential to the development, growth, and happiness of the individual than to the nation. ~ William H. Douglas

We are not supposed to run after miracles but we are supposed to run after self-perfection, self-growth, self - improvements. ~ Sunday Adelaja

So I forced myself to step out of my comfort zone and go out and connect with people. I realised that no one knew me here. I could become whoever I wanted to be for these people, and that became my courage. ~ Charlotte Eriksson

God doesn't require perfection, he requires progression. ~ Stephan Labossiere

A person's zealous act of rebellion leading to their expulsion from a pampered private sanctuary is the first step in self-articulation. Passion requires a struggle. Only by risking committing grievous error can men and women claim authorship for their own destiny. Only the vigorous pursuit of our destiny allows us to discover our authenticity. When we learn to stop resisting our innermost calling, when we accept a lifestyle that makes us experience joy by pursuing our passions and the commonplace acts of being, we discover our pathway to bliss. We must listen to the demands of our spirit; we must break free from self-imposed barriers and cultural impediments that obstruct us from achieving the final manifestation of our spiritual being. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

He who does not see the light in others does not see the light in himself. ~ Doreen DeVore

The greatest potential for growth and self-realisation exists in the second half of life. ~ Carl Jung

I grew up listening to my mother scoff at all the T.V shows and books that I watched or read. She told me how it was all 'rubbish' and 'garbage'. But the thing is, I think somehow, watching along the show I also grew up. I know everyone says that, like when Good Luck Charlie ended everyone was upset and was like 'I grew up now its gone!' Or 'Aww. My childhood gone' But its not like that with me. I actually grow and learn more things about myself. And some of the shows or books I watched/read, motivated me. They were always there. So if that is the definition of 'rubbish' and 'garbage' than please. Cover me in filth. ~ Trisscar

The bravest souls I know are those who are willing to risk having the entire world turns its back on them, and all they've ever wanted to do – and they would lay down their lives to do it,
because there is no other way to defeat truth– is simply, to tell the world
with their whole heart their story. ~ Xue Yun

If you have attempted to fit whatever mold and failed to do so, you are probably lucky. You may be an exile of some sort, but you have sheltered your soul. ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

My job as a Mind Body Spirit Coach is not to 'fix' people, it is to 'break' them and empower them to connect to their spirit and trust that they will be re-built slightly differently given a little time and patience. ~ Rebecca O'Dwyer Centred Woman

Self-observation helps us to refocus within, to balance ourselves and to be in the present moment ... ~ Jacqueline Ripstein

I am still learning how to be a good creature. Though I try earnestly, I often fail. But I am having a great life trying... ~ Sy Montgomery

What good is a fragile spirit, as when touched, shatters into a thousand pieces. ~ Aisha Mirza

Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself ~ Sophocles

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When you assess your own life, consider it with the eye of a gardener. Underneath the surface lies rich, fertile soil waiting to nurture the seeds you sow. Even more than you can imagine will grow there if given a chance. ~ Steve Goodier

A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive. ~ Carol S. Dweck

Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more;
hate less, love more;
and all good things are yours. ~ Swedish Proverb

What is called music today is all too often only a disguise for the monologue of power. However, and this is the supreme irony of it all, never before have musicians tried so hard to communicate with their audience, and never before has that communication been so deceiving. Music now seems hardly more than a somewhat clumsy excuse for the self-glorification of musicians and the growth of a new industrial sector. ~ Jacques Attali

Self-growth does not always mean that we've changed. It means that we've stopped listening to what others say we 'ought' to be doing and finally live our lives according to our own values. ~ Anthea Syrokou

You will find it less easy to unroot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults, still less of others faults; in every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; rejoice in it and as you can, try to imitate it; and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes. ~ John Ruskin

Never be bitter, become better. A testimony is pain that has been reassigned ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

Independence and free thought is what makes a person grow. By giving people the freedom and space to figure out who they are and be that, you give them the power to grow. ~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Dating from a place of co-dependency, like a lot of us do, is immediately feeling as though the guy you went on a few dates with (who keeps ghosting you) is suddenly the one - just because he ticks a few of your boxes, texts you back sometimes and happens to be cute. But no, he's not being mysterious for intermittently disappearing on you. He's actually keeping you at a distance and playing on your need for validation, so that when he's done with his other options, he can return to you with minimal effort, knowing that you've been waiting for him all this time. ~ Chidera Eggerue

Equip yourself for your own needs. ~ Patti Digh

All of the great achievers of the past have been visionary figures; they were men and women who projected into the future. They thought of what could be, rather than what already was, and then they moved themselves into action, to bring these things into fruition. ~ Bob Proctor

Sometimes you have to realise that things will never change if you don't make a change yourself, and sometimes, you need to realise that it only happened so that you could learn something. ~ Charlotte Eriksson

Its not easy taking your own advice, accepting what you don't like hearing, & seeing the grey amongst the black & white. ~ April Mae Monterrosa

Never stay where your presence is simply tolerated. Surround yourself with those who genuinely celebrate your existence ~ Rosalie Bardo

Be true to who you are! Don't sit around waiting for approval, life is too short...DO what makes you happy! ~ Rosalie Bardo

Relationships should be chosen, not settled for. ~ Chidera Eggerue

Growth and self-transformation cannot be delegated. ~ Lewis Mumford

Always remember…

A blooming rose bush catches the eye of admirers, but it grew from a seed buried in dirt.

A butterfly may be free and delicately beautiful, but it spent days shedding skin and dramatically changing inside its chrysalis so it could grow wings to fly.

Accept your process. ~ Kristin Michelle Elizabeth

When we are stuck in a rut we are being invited to grow and expand. ~ Dana Arcuri

Death is the final stage of growth in this life. There is no total death. Only the body dies. The self or the spirit, or whatever you may wish to label it, is eternal. You may interpret this in any way that makes you comfortable. ~ Elisabeth Kubler Ross

Hold a retrospective approach in your spirit to figure out your loopholes and try to forge out for filling them for a lucrative self growth ~ Anshul Dubey

God ever works with those who work with will. ~ Aeschylus

When you're sorting yourself out, family are not often the ones you can turn to. They represent the place of departure and not the place of arrival. ~ Witi Ihimaera

You will always be my first love. My first everything. No love will be like the one I had for you, but I think the loves that come afterward can be just as good and most of the time better, because we are better. I was jealous when you first started dating her, because I could tell she was different. I kept wondering what she had that I didn't, but it wasn't her that was different, it was you. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

If ye realize the Emptiness of All Things, Compassion will raise within your heart;
If ye lose all differentiation between yourselves and others, fit to serve others ye will be;
And when in serving others ye shall win success, then shall ye meet with me;
And finding me, ye shall attain to Buddhahood. ~ Milarepa

Empower Yourself, Empower Your Relationships ~ Pamela Cummins

Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference. ~ Paulo Coelho

A responsible person accepts the results of his choices, attributing blame or praise to himself; that is what makes you happy with the way you turned out. ~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Writing entails undertaking a spiritual journey, an exploration of the blemished self that is delightfully challenging, painfully arduous, and unfathomably rewarding. Writing allows an admittedly flawed person to artfully confront their inglorious personal history, examine the present, and cogitate upon the future. Thoughtful writing creates a person's own precursors: it revises a person's conception of the past into a more detailed, accurate, and comprehensive philosophical context, alters how a person perceives the "now," and alters the course and outcome person's future. Writing is the ultimate psychological experience and an immaculate method to examine a person's thoughts, debunk a person's delusion, and analyze a person's values. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power. ~ Deepak Chopra

Controlling unwanted thoughts is not the problem. Believing, thrusting, and taking direction from them is. ~ Charles F. Glassman

Look outside and you will see yourself. Look inside and you will find yourself. ~ Drew Gerald

Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you do that through your own thinking. ~ Bob Proctor

How simpler our lives would be if we could stay the same! We are here on the planet to learn, grow, and evolve. ~ Pamela Cummins

Teach a person to think and they'll devise a way to eat for a lifetime ~ William Robson