Personal Growth Quotes

"The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead."

- Bette Davis

"You haven’t lived until you’ve sailed"

- David Sedaris

"The real architect of a life is the hard and almost impossible circumstances one faces."

- John Paul Warren

"Living life ONCE is enough...if you live life RIGHT."

- John Paul Warren

"Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed."

- John Paul Warren

""I apologize to dad for making fun of him when he irons because I am ironing everything too, even underwear.""

- Donna G

"Life on the blue part of the globe for eight years had suited me – the wild open spaces, the bliss of buoyancy, the volatile, soul-powered wind. Sailing had struck a nerve both primal and poetic. On and near the ocean life made sense, It made every sense work."

- Kaci Cronkhite

"Simply sailing in a new direction you could enlarge the world"

- Allen Curnow

"I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along."

- Michael Phelps

"The opportunity to play sports has helped me develop valuable skills that I will use for the rest of my life."

- Michael Jordan

"Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential."

- Billie Jean King

"It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform."

- Roy T. Bennett

"I’ve become fascinated by the idea that it’s really achievable to make two or three small improvements in a week and by the end of the year, it’s 150 improvements."

- Darrell Hammond

"Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what’s coming next."

- Will Smith

"In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike."

- Paulo Coelho

"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."

- Helen Keller

"The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, 'That can be me.' So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn't realize back then that I was having a defining moment."

- Dwayne Johnson

"Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value."

- Dwayne Johnson

"Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are."

- Bernice Johnson Reagon

"Bloom where you are planted."

"Progress over perfection."

"Strive for progress not perfection."

"High school may be in your past now, but it helped you become the person you are today."

"Your commitment to excellence has made us all better players and people."

"Live your life."

"Never stop growing."

"Driving is like life; you never stop learning."

"A good driver is always a student."

"With every challenge comes an opportunity to grow. Embrace adversity, and let it fuel your journey."