Personal Growth Quotes

"I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity."

- Albert Einstein

"Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."

- Nibo Qubein

"Whatever you are, be a good one."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Perhaps somewhere, someplace deep inside your being, you have undergone important changes while you were sad."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

"The mirror is a portal to self-discovery, revealing our inner thoughts and desires."

- J.K. Rowling

"When we look in the mirror, we see not only our external appearance but also the journey that has shaped us."

- Cheryl Strayed

"The mirror reveals our unique journey, reminding us of the experiences that shaped us into who we are."

- Cheryl Strayed

"Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you."

- Louise Hay

"It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do."

- Marcus Miller

""The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.""

- Mitch Albom

"Becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end."

- Michelle Obama

"Let us never be betrayed into saying we have finished our education; because that would mean we had stopped growing."

- Julia H. Gulliver

"Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do."

- Oprah Winfrey

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

- Shakespeare

"Your inexperience is an asset in that it will make you think in original, unconventional ways. Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset."

- Natalie Portman

"Some life lessons don’t ever change. They need to be highlighted and they need to be remembered throughout our entire lives. But how you embrace them will distinguish you from the pack."

- Brooke Shields

"You and you alone are the only person who can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell."

- Kerry Washington

"The only thing you can be the best at is developing yourself."

- Natalie Portman

"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path."

- E.O. Wilson

"Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference."

- Arie Pencovici

"There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. Wouldn’t you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more everyday like a photograph coming into focus."

- Jodie Foster

"Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next, and you are mostly just making things up as you go along."

- Stephen Colbert

"When I figured out how to work my grill, it was quite a moment. I discovered that summer is a completely different experience when you know how to grill."

- Taylor Swift

"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of, ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough."

- Marissa Mayer

"You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward"

- Conrad Hall

"Amplifying what is great within you will accelerate your life faster than fixing what you think ‘limits’ you."

- Brendon Burchard

"It’s not always about being the best; it’s about being my personal best and having fun and trying to always stay in a positive place."

- Jamie Anderson

"This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows."

- Olga Korbut

""As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we’ve been given.""

- Mary Lou Retton

""I didn’t set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.""

- Shaun White