Quotes about Personal Growth
the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become
— Paulo Coelho
A disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
— Paulo Coelho
When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask Gd to give me th courage to mercilessly pluck it out.
— Paulo Coelho
Life is a fast, dizzing game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it's mountaineering; it's wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don't manage it.
— Paulo Coelho
I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.
— Paulo Coelho
The act of living one's own destiny includes a series of stages that are far beyond our understanding, whose objective is always to... make us learn the lessons necessary to fulfill our own destiny.
— Paulo Coelho
Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you're just stretching your soul.
— Maya Angelou
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
— Thomas a Kempis
There is plenty to do, for each one of us, working on our own hearts, changing our own attitudes, in our own neighborhoods.
— Dorothy Day
The most important question to ask on the job is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'
— Jim Rohn
If we want to make a change in our lives, we should first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors.
— Stephen Covey
Something happens inside of us when we are courteous and deferential toward others. It is all part of a refining process, which if persisted in, will change our very natures.
— Gordon Hinckley