Quotes About Growth

People must come to the understanding that they do not have a fixed identity. They have the power to identify and alter features of their personalities that they find negative or unpleasant.

In order for people to live their own lives and fulfill their destiny, they must differentiate themselves from destructive environmental influences.

Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that's the way of the world.

There's power in humility. It's one of the toughest lessons I've had to learn.

Nick turned out to be a shy boy, uncertain in groups and in new situations, but also very brave, determined to overcome his fear." - Will, as a parent describing his son

Find something you'd want to keep doing forever," she said, "even if you stink at it. And then if you're lucky, with lots of practice, then one day you won't stink so much.

You can't get where you're going without being where you've been.

Find something you want to keep doing forever even if you stink at it. And then if you're lucky with lost of practice, then one day you won't stink so much.

Time heals all wounds, I'm sure it's true, but not until after the wounds have been felt.

But once we have a practice for taming our Imposters, we're able to get in touch with a much bigger star in the constellation of our lives: the Authentic Soul.

By awakening and embodying one's childhood self, something starts to shift in his adult self.

Once you start that important spiritual housekeeping work, your Imposters will surely protest. Your Victim Imposter might whine: I don't wanna do the hard work. Don't make me! Your Egotist Imposter might lament: I already know that I can do the hard work, ergo I don't need to do it. I don't have to prove anything to anyone!

We all need to do some amount of emotional and spiritual housekeeping. When we commit to that process, we evolve. We grow. And we get more in touch with our Authentic Souls.

We manifest what we believe, even if those beliefs trip us up and create roadblocks to personal growth. As the old adage by Henry Ford goes: Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. The goal is not to be "right" but to be whole and self-actualized.

Your Authentic Self emerges when you're unburdened by the rash judgments, negative self-talk, fears, and reactivity of your Imposters.

Your Authentic Self is informed by the experiences and hard-won wisdom you've accrued throughout your life. It's also about expression: who you are when you are free and uncensored.

following Christ wasn't about religion; it was an intimacy with his Creator that had him constantly hungering for more.

Usually any advice I hand out is advice I need to hear as well." "So

Let him grow up, Regan. Quit fighting the inevitable. For Christ's sake, Jeremy's nearly a man." "Haven't you heard? Twenty's the new twelve." "Only from overprotective, control-freak mothers.

Moving on is something that happens to you, not something you do. That's what people don't realize. Moving on is not proactive. It's organic. Be kind to yourself.

the individual has the key to change themselves. It's buried deep inside each and every one of us and although someone else can help us to find the key, we're the only ones who can use it. And there

because I remember being twenty-one and thinking that my personality was a solid thing, that me was set in stone, that I would always feel what I felt and believe what I believed. But now I know that me is fluid and shape-changing. So whatever you're feeling now, it's temporary.

You know, how you get to forty and you suddenly stop giving a shit about all the stupid things you worried about your whole life.

You are a grown woman! You're not a teenager. This is the real world. We are real people. This is real life. And things sometimes happen that don't fit in with how we think the story should go, but we just have to take a deep breath and get on with it, not sit there in the corner sulking because it's not what we were hoping for. Come on!