Quotes About Growth

But instead of being con-formed to the world, Christians are to be changed from within to be increasingly like Jesus Christ.

The only person holding you back; is you. Once you become comfortable with overcoming your own fears, you will start seeing dramatic success in your life.

The more comfortable you can be with being uncomfortable, the faster you will grow as a human being, and the more success you will have in life. This is exactly what distinguishes successful people from unsuccessful ones.

It's easy to get into a rut, which is simply a familiar pattern that feels comfortable. If you truly want to grow as a person and lead a successful life, you have to get out of the 'box.

Don't wait for change. You change.

Before you can achieve the kind of life you want, you must think, act, talk, and conduct yourself in all of your affairs as would the person you wish to become.

It's all about your mindset. Successful people tend to focus on growth, solving problems, and self-improvement, while unsuccessful people think of their abilities as fixed assets and avoid challenges.

It can't rain all the time.

Childhood is over when you know you're gonna die.

one's capacity for happiness depends largely on how deeply one has suffered.

There was a time when that kind of thing looked like the kingdom of heaven, but somewhere along the line it had lost its glow. Maybe that was just the cost of growing up. And maybe the cost of growing up was too high.

Only that which can change can continue.

Because infinite players prepare themselves to be surprised by the future, they play in complete openness. It is not an openness as in candor, but an openness as in vulnerability. It is not a matter of exposing one's unchanging identity, the true self that has always been, but a way of exposing one's ceaseless growth, the dynamic self that has yet to be.

Nature does not change; it has no inside or outside. It is therefore not possible to travel through it. All travel is therefore change within the traveler, and it is for that reason that travelers are always somewhere else. To travel is to grow.

Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message.

It's the ciiiiiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiife! Iggy sang

Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you.

Part 3 BACK TO SCHOOL (THE NORMAL KIND)

You are an endless project...changing, evolving, surprising.

I loved her," Robinson said. "And I loved the sick girl you were when I met you, and I loved the good student and the bad driver. I loved the car thief, the hitchhiker, the quoter of novels I haven't read, and the hater of Slim Jims… Axi Moore, I've loved every you there ever was.

You know, I guess I just don't like to talk a lot about sad things. Now you know my flaw. What good does it do to talk about sad things in the past?

Regret is a waste of time.

Life is a test. It's all a test. Sometimes you have to get through it, and then later everything makes more sense.

I'm glad I'm feeling this way. I'm really glad. Dr. Keyes looked rather dismayed. Really, sweetheart? Yes. And I don't want to let it go. Not yet. I'm just starting to feel it. And it feels...I don't know. Right, I guess. Maybe even...good.