Personal Growth Quotes

"A crisis highlights all of our fault lines. We can pretend that we have nothing to learn, or we can take this opportunity to own the truth and make a better future for ourselves and others."

- Brené Brown

"I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy."

- Marilyn Monroe

"We cannot live better than in seeking to become better."

- Socrates

"The irony is that we attempt to disown our difficult stories to appear more whole or more acceptable, but our wholeness—even our wholeheartedness—actually depends on the integration of all of our experiences, including the falls."

- Brené Brown

"The middle is messy, but it’s also where the magic happens."

- Brené Brown

"Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness in our lives; it’s the process that teaches us the most about who we are."

- Brené Brown

"Rising strong after a fall gives us the power to write a daring new ending to our story."

- Brené Brown

"When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending."

- Brené Brown

"If we own the story then we can write the ending."

- Brené Brown

"When we deny the story, it defines us. When we own the story, we can write a brave new ending."

- Brené Brown

"When you own your story, you get to write the ending."

- Brené Brown

"We are the authors of our lives. We write our own daring endings."

- Brené Brown

"Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending—to rise strong, recognize our story, and rumble with the truth until we get to a place where we think, Yes. This is what happened. And I will choose how the story ends."

- Brené Brown

"Parenting is as much about our own transformation as it is about our children’s."

- Brené Brown

"Having the life of your dreams is simple: make conscious choices."

- Amy Leigh Mercree

"Create your best life with your consciously chosen thoughts, words, and actions."

- Amy Leigh Mercree

"Altogether, if we are committed to doing this heart and mind work, we may encounter new people or ideas."

- Terence Lester

"Body positivity is not a destination; it's a journey."

- Ashley Graham

"And we are better throughout the year for having in spirit, become a child again at Christmas time."

- Laura Ingalls Wilder

"In your 40s, may you continue to glow, grow and thrive. Happy birthday!"

"May you blossom with grace, wisdom and beauty in your 40s! Happy birthday."

"You’re not aging, you’re leveling up! Happy 40th birthday to someone wonderful."

"Embrace the elegance of 40, where wisdom and grace are your true adornments."

"At 40, life is not just about counting the years, but making the years count."

"Learning how to be alone is a powerful skill."

"Alone time is an investment that'll pay for itself tenfold in the future."

"Finding yourself may be lonely work, but the rewards are absolutely worth it."

"With the right mindset, solitude can be the perfect space to grow into the person you were meant to be."

"The best journey is the one within yourself."

"In my solitude, I grow, I learn, I thrive."