Personal Growth Quotes

"One of the best times for figuring out who you are and what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up."

- Mandy Hale

"Everything was and is in perfect creation, design, and order for life and my soul to lovingly grant me everything I needed for my evolution. There is no wasted time, and there is nothing that is wrong. I also understand that everything that occurred to any other player in this cast of perfection was also the highest, most gracious event offered by their soul in concert with mine."

- Melanie Tonia Evans

"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths."

- Rumi

"The world is put back by the death of everyone who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality."

- Florence Nightingale

"The longer I’m in the profession, the more experiences shape my life, the more amazing colleagues influence me, the more I see the micro and macro power of nursing."

- Joni Watson

"A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular. I'm that diamond."

- Solange Nicole

"She remembered who she was and the game changed."

- Lalah Delia

"Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."

- Rumi

"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"Your greatness is revealed not by the lights that shine upon you, but by the light that shines within you."

- Ray A. Davis

"Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have."

- Joan Ryan

"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance."

- Franklin P. Jones

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

- Linda Wooten

"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation."

- Paul Theroux

"Winter forms our character and brings out our best."

- Tom Allen

"We turn not older with years but newer every day."

- Emily Dickinson

"I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom."

- Les Brown

"Improvement in the important areas of your life can and should be an ongoing journey."

- Mark Sanborn

"Life is a journey and it’s about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you are, and loving who and what you are."

- Kelly McGillis

"I tramp a perpetual journey."

- Walt Whitman

"Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step."

- Naeem Callaway

"Life is a journey and it’s about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you are and loving who and what you are."

- Kelly McGillis

"Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete."

- Chanda Kochar

"Take it step by step, and you’ll get where you want to be."

- Neil Gaiman

"My weaknesses have always been food and men – in that order."

- Dolly Parton

"Being a nurse is weird: I can keep a poker face through trauma, but have a mental breakdown over losing my favorite pen."

"Wednesday is your day to remind yourself how far you've come. Keep going, especially when you're lifting those weights."

"Remember, each Wednesday quiz or test is just a small part of your big journey."

"Celebrate 40 as a milestone of personal growth, resilience, and the wisdom that guides your path."