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Self-growth Quotes
"We're each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion trying to emerge into something solid, something real. We've got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time."
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"Have you ever been further away than yourself? Where?"
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"When we assign ourselves the mission of changing others who show no want or need to change, it blocks our spirit-it drains us-and prevents us from attracting into our lives that which we need to grow."
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"Every penny NOT spent on investing in yourself (after basic needs of course) may be a wasted future opportunity from missing learns and connects."
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"I have never consciously boasted myself but from hereon I make a point not to even unconsciously undermine or degrade myself!"
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"Do according to your capability."
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"Utilizing all of your mind is a step towards brilliance. Utilizing all of your heart is a step towards excellence. Utilizing all of your soul is a step towards nobleness. Utilizing all of your mind, heart, and soul is a step towards greatness."
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"Accepting complete responsibility is the unsung character trait of those who find uncommon success, and failure to accept responsibility is a common trait of those who end up with a mediocre life."
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"Work harder on improving yourself than on trying to forge better relationships."
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"Get rid of the judgmental mindset and adopt one of love and acceptance towards people " including yourself."
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"Don't be too fast to highlight the weaknesses of other people. That is the quickest way of exposing your own weaknesses."
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"Will you show me what you really look like? You don't sparkle, do you?"
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"You have been "self-pitying" for long years now and things don't seem to improve. Just try a few days of good self-esteeming and you'll see things taking a better shape!"
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"Focus on your potential not your past."
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"The problem with thinking that you are the absolute best, is that it leaves no room for you to become any better and while you live life thinking that you're the best, truth is a lot of people around you are already better and becoming even more better."
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"There are some people who may be good yet toxic for you, so be careful of who you surround yourself with."
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"You would be very surprise with how much positive changes that you could make in your life, if could make it your top priority to mind your own business."
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"I am a free soul, singing my heart out by myself no matter where I go and I call strangers my friends because I learn things and find ways to fit them into my own world. I hear what people say, rearrange it, take away and tear apart until it finds value in my reality and there I make it work. I find spaces in between the cracks and cuts where it feels empty and there I make it work."
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"We all want to look good, but genuine goodness is in the heart."
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"The more we practice mindfulness the more we understand the emotional dynamics of the self and others. Mindful emotions can create a positive climate leading to better outcomes."
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"I was amazed at how strong women were when they were angry."
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"Others may not understand your joy and contentment because of your certainty about who you are and why you exist. Don't waste your time to explain."
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"Give second chances, third chances, but not a fourth, a fifth, a sixth and so on. Appreciate yourself and understand your worth " know it takes time for people to change, to become better. But know what you can take and what you deserve."
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"Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing."
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"Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going."
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"The line between ego and healthy self-esteem is very delicate. We should know when we cross this line, switch side, and become egotistical."
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"The trip doesn't exist that can set you beyond the reach of cravings, fits of temper, or fears, so long as you carry the sources of your troubles about with you, those troubles will continue to harass and plague you wherever you wander on land or on sea. Does it surprise you that running away doesn't do you any good? The things you're running away from are with you all the time."
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"The farm is a base of operations"a stronghold. You can withdraw into yourself there. Solitude for reflection is an essential ingredient in self-development. I think a person has to be withdrawn into himself to gather inspiration so that he is somebody when he comes out again among folks"when he "comes to market' with himself. He learns that he's got to be almost wastefully alone."
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"By looking for the unexpected and discerning the surreptitious features in the scenery within us, we apprehend our personality, find out our identity and learn how to cultivate it. Taking care of our fingerprints will be an enduring endeavor. ['Looking for the unexpected']"
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"As long as you are still breathing, you definitely haven't reached your highest potential on earth. Always challenge yourself to do better."
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"If you wish to renew your mind, read."
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"When somebody criticise you, be happy and thankful because they have given you an opportunity to think about the matter more precisely and more detailed!"
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"Your number one mission in life is to be who you were intended to be."
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"Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward - get real with yourself."
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"In search of myself, I have created myself."
"I told myself all sorts of lies, standing there at the bar, but I could not move. And this was partly because I knew that it did not really matter anymore; it did not even matter if I never spoke to Giovanni again; for they had become visible, as visible as the wafers on the shirt of the flaming princess, they stormed all over me, my awakening, my insistent possibilities."
"Personal mastery begins by increasing our awareness about who we truly are, our strengths, limitations... Personal mastery can be achieved not only by being aware but also by controlling what is happening inside and around ourselves..."
"I outwitted those that deliberately suppressed me not by retaliating, but by minding my own business, continuing the self-discovery journey and reinventing myself."
"The time is now, the person is you; better your life and become a name to conjure with in this day and age."
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step but you have to take it."
"She had called herself a whore. That was a man's word, a shame-word flung at a woman. But she did not seem ashamed. She wielded the word like a sword, slicing away all his preconceptions of who she was. She had earned her living by her sex, and she did not seem to regret it."
"What is discipline? Discipline means creating an order within you. As you are, you are a chaos."
"Today be more excellent than demanded. And more generous than expected."
"Don't allow others to put a cap on you. Don't simply agree when someone draws your own finishing line. You're the captain of your destiny!!!"
"You need to understand your potentials to transform it. look in to Yourself, upwards to God then outwards to your environ."
"Some long for acceptance while others fear for anything ordinary."
"Everything can be achieved through gradual steps " one small step at a time: overcoming fears, fulfilling dreams... anything you wish to be different from the way it is."
"You are not in any way aware that you are already victorious, that life has happened to you. You are already a winner and nothing more is possible, all that could happen has happened to you. You are already an emperor, and there is no other kingdom to be won. But you have not recognized it, you have not known the beauty of the life that has already happened to you. You have not known the silence, the peace, the bliss that is already there.And because you are not aware of the inner kingdom, you always feel that something more is needed, some victory, to prove that you are not a beggar."
"You don't have to be ashamed feel down, to have a good cry; we are human after all and it's the part of humanity."
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