Personal Growth Quotes

"Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them."

- Sean Combs

"“The morning was a wretched time of day for him. He feared it and it never brought him any good. On no morning of his life had he ever been in good spirits nor done any good before midday, nor ever had a happy idea, nor devised any pleasure for himself or others. By degrees during the afternoon he warmed and became alive, and only towards evening, on his good days, was he productive active and sometimes, aglow with joy.”"

- Hermann Hesse

"There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self."

- Aldous Huxley

"The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating. It happens in the throes of conflict, when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice."

- Vironika Tugaleva

"The challenge is not to be perfect—it’s to be whole."

- Jane Fonda

"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."

- Anna Quindlen

"Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living."

- Rachel Marie Martin

"Sometimes you learn, grow, and give far more when your back's against the wall."

- Rasheed Ogunlaru

"“We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.”"

- Laura Ingalls Wilder

"I know the world and I know who I am / It's 'bout time I show it."

- Beyoncé

"I will continue to explore every inch of my soul and every part of my artistry. I want to learn more, teach more, and live in full."

- Beyoncé

"Plant purpose in your soul, and with each mindful action, light will grow."

- Angie Weiland-Crosby

"I’ve trekked mountains wise and bold to settle into this grand old soul."

- Angie Weiland-Crosby

"One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don’t leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind."

- Osho

"Take responsibility for yourself because no one’s going to take responsibility for you. I’m not a victim. I grow from this and I learn."

- Tyra Banks

"Your past doesn’t define you. It prepares you."

- Darren Hardy

"You don’t have to become something you’re not to be better than you were."

- Sidney Poitier

"“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.”"

- Linda Wooten

""We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.""

- Rick Warren

"Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Don’t compare your career to anyone else’s. It’s tough when you’re in a business that’s competitive. I was having a difficult time with that in college. Now, I’m having to learn to be patient and be where I am."

- Danielle Brooks

"All of the challenges will make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew."

- Cicely Tyson

"Acting is about the exploration of character rather than simply a projection of self."

- Dame Judi Dench

"The theatre is a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit: put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good."

- Iris Murdoch

"Every afternoon is another opportunity to shine and be the best version of yourself."

"Keep Going Keep Growing"

"At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening."

"Thursday Thought: One small daily habit can change your entire life."

"Your habits define your future."

"I owe all this, to a copy of “Where the Sidewalk Ends” I received when I was 8 years old, it clicked only this year that, that book was probably the reason I love quotes and words."