Quotes about personal-growth

Modesty isn’t always a virtue it can be a hindrance a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

In moments when I am fully connected to my heart I really do love everyone

If you think you have to step outside your integrity to live your dream how much can you really believe in it.

Once you realize the magic of life is inside you its impossible not to see it outside as well.

IF YOU DON'T GO AFTER WHAT YOU WANT YOU COULD SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SETTLING FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable what it is or what it means can never be said.

If a belief is hurting you perhaps it is time for a new belief. Your truth shouldn't hurt.

A butterfly has to be a caterpillar first allow yourself time to grow.

Strength does not come in those times when you hit the mark it comes in those times when you strive to but miss.

You don't need to change the world you need to change yourself.

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Perfection is a lie, and lying to others is explicable but lying to oneself is the highest form of deceit.

Shape yourself before the world shapes you.

Move towards your dreams inch by inch or suffer the pain of regret.

When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.

When things feel murky and unsure, fine tuning our hearing so as to distinguish the voice of our Innermost Self brings clarity.

There is a big difference between listening to an interesting story and recognizing an important one.

There is an oak tree is inside the acorn seed, but the acorn seed will never become an oak tree unless it is willing to grow and develop

In order to grow sometimes we must cease striving to meet other people’s expectations and begin establishing new goals that develop our personal potential. If we live a life to satisfy all the direct or implicit anticipations of other people, we end up living a life full of regret because we failed to develop into a complete manifestation of our being.

The oak tree is inside the acorn seed, but the acorn seed will never become the oak tree unless it is willing to grow and develop

What you truly own, is what you have inside you. Everything else can be destroyed, robbed or wasted.

When it comes to identity we are all constructs. Who we think we are is the result of our upbringing, memories, skill set, knowledge, experiences and personal belief system. Of all the onion layers that make us who we are, our belief system is what powers our core. It’s what creates the essence of a human being and makes it possible for each of us to exceed our limits, confound expectations and do the impossible.

A person begins childhood with a mind that is essentially a blank slate – a tabula rasa – before receiving outside impressions. Early childhood experiences and perceptions begin the formulation of a state of conscious awareness, the infantile steps in forming a personality, developing social and emotional behavior, and acquiring practical and book knowledge. Childhood plays a critical role in forming our final version of a self-concept.

Personal growth doesn’t occur without effort. The effort is one of recognizing your own power, and taking ownership and responsibility for your own development.

Humankind’s amazing grace is the ability to choose right from wrong, and assume personal responsibility for our conduct. With the judicious exercise of composure and appliance of self-discipline, we exceed our humble origins and blossom into a final rendering of whatever type of person we aspire to become.

Writing about the self to spur intellectual growth or attain a teardrop of emotional salvation is akin to a fish attempting to construct a net that will capture itself.

Each of us encounters many diverse experiences that make us grow and transform, but we seek to return to our roots, which is quietude.

We each act as the creator of the self, and therefore, we strive to attain self-realization by understanding what we were in various stages of life including what we began as and what we transmuted into becoming.

We employ free will to design of our own being and therefore we must accept responsibility for our actions.

Liberating a prejudiced mind from its preconceived notions and scripting a life of purposefulness requires constant postulation, observation, evaluation, and synthesizing.

A life of leisure never satisfies anyone who possesses a lively mind.

A person seeks to quantify their existence. Do we measure a person’s life by its longevity or by assessing the warmth of its blaze? Do we measure a person by their brainpower or by the heartiness of his or her spine? Do earthy deeds count for more than intellectual opinions? What is more important, the work that a person produces or the quality of life that effuses from their being? Does it matter how we live and how we die, if we love or hate, are kind or mean, generous or stingy? Does it matte

You have everything inside you, though you sometimes only recognise certain bits relating to the current stage of your path.

It is only when we admit our ignorance that we can hope to overcome it.

You are either growing up or going down

If you are expressing gratitude then you are in the present moment. If you are in the present moment then you are expressing gratitude.

To build a respectful, kind and loving relationship, begin by being respectful, kind and loving to yourself

When one door shuts... sometimes it's best to leave it shut, and move on...

The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength.

If you are satisfied, you bring your satisfaction to the moment and fill the circumstances of your life with that satisfaction. If you are dissatisfied, however, no one and nothing can produce contentment for you.

World Class leaders know the secret to motivating themselves and others is discovering what they will fight for when the going gets rough.

The collective consciousness of the people we associate with on a daily basis has an influence on our consciousness. Which holds us back from our true potential. Even if we believe that we are fully aware of our thoughts, feelings and emotions. The bigger picture will only present itself as we continue to grow.

We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent we have discovered afterward that much was accomplished and much was begun in us.

Determination knows that you can do what it takes, even if that is hard or frightening, in order to achieve the goal you seek.

The problem we have in the world is that most people don’t take the time to develop themselves, even though they’ll readily spend that time on many useless and irrelevant things.

Education in the form of knowledge and wisdom are only as powerful as how we use them in our daily lives.

Do not allow your thoughts of what was to steal what can be.

Success-minded people know that the greatest enemy to today's success is yesterday's success.

Success-minded people make a decision to achieve a goal and never have to make that decision again. They will be faced with a choice or some new circumstances to deal with, but the decision to achieve the goal is not in question. They have only to make adjustments along the way.

Our attitude will determine what we will strive for, whom we will be, and how our life will turn out.

The secret to wealth is hard work and good management.

If someone tells you that you can achieve your dreams with little to no work, they are lying to you.

You must always think big while you start small.

The big thinking gives us vision, power and direction, but it is the small steps that are the action of the process.

It is today that tells you if you learned from yesterday, and if tomorrow is possible.

God in His perfect wisdom gave you power to control only one thing in the entire universe, and that is you.

Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change.

If you believe that success is only connected to money, you will not last long.

The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly.

The fact that you are not perfect may come as a surprise to you but it is not a surprise to anyone else.

Excessive talking about our plans and dreams lessens our energy to do what is needed to achieve them.

A dream comes from within you. It is what you were created to do, so it has always been there.

If you want to achieve success, there cannot be a Plan B.

Money can be the reward for efforts, but it should not be the reason for them. You must have something bigger than that.

To build a positive attitude you must take some deliberate action. You must be responsible for your thoughts, words, and actions.

A positive mind-set says that you are not a victim to the whims of others or by circumstances over which you have no control.

Success-minded people tend to be successful, confident, and friendly because they act successful, confident and friendly. People feel comfortable around positive people because positive people feel comfortable with themselves.

Nothing builds up your attitude like gratitude. You cannot be depressed, negative, and grateful at the same time.

Without question, positive thinking will do more for you, will make you feel better, do better, let you have more fun, and be liked by more people than negative thinking ever will.

Asking questions is not a matter of weakness or of being uninformed. In fact, people who ask a lot of questions tend to achieve more and learn more than those who do not.

The brain is a wonderful thing. It will always give you an answer to the questions you ask. The problem comes from the questions you ask yourself. Your brain will only answer exactly what it is asked.

Success-minded people need to understand that the best way to learn is to ask questions and listen for answers.

On your journey to achieve your dreams you will face challenges that will test you to the core.

The greatest weapon you have, and the one that will see you through anything, is a settled determination that you will achieve your dream.

Goals need to build like a fire. It starts as a flame consuming all you put into it and burns hotter and hotter the more you work at it.

I believe that each of our lives has a purpose. You have something to do that is unique to you.

The greatest power in the world is choice.

Belief in yourself comes from a positive attitude that sees life as worth living and that you have a wonderful part to play in it.

Each person has the potential to be good and productive, yet I also know that many people never begin to tap their true potential. It is human nature to surrender to the lowest common denominator. We must purposely strive to move ahead and achieve.

Deadlines give us the sense that we are really on our way and that we will achieve the goal – soon!

People who achieve the greatest success are the people who have the most fun getting there.

On your journey to achievement, you should never be without good positive materials and people who will encourage you, excite you and give you a reason to move forward.

Books have the power to change and transform your life like few other things you have.

Anyone who is so busy that they do not have time to enjoy what life has for them are just too busy.

Always our action counts for our success, not our time.

Here is the truth: The journey to achievement is not a destination, it is only a stop over to the next goal.

Success-minded people know that nothing is without a reason.

Mark this on your wall and remember it always: The greatest single most powerful enemy to success is success itself.

The achievement of the goal is only a stepping-stone to the next, bigger and better goal. It never stops.

There is nothing better in the whole world than to know you have set a goal and achieved it.

I can tell you without question that there is one key element that makes the difference between those who succeed and those who do not. That element is action.

Each of us have a choice to make. Will we choose to achieve our dreams or will we choose to allow others to use us to achieve their dreams.

There is a universal truth that all successful people know: Nothing is ever done until you take action.

It is amazing to see all that is going on around us and it is people of action who make it all happen.

The greatest way to overcome resentment of past is by gratitude of present. What you have, your friends your family, the things that you have overcome but most importantly what you plan to do now. Self Actualization states that we can have what ever we want in the future by acting as if we already have it now.

You have the power to mold your life how ever you want. To shape it and reshape it.

We must be happy with what we got when we are in pursuit of what we want.

If the people you talk to on a daily basis are not the ones living your life dealing with your daily obstacles, are not uplifting for your well being then why should you buy into their opinion?