Personal Growth Quotes

"If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person." "Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it." "We should every night call ourselves to an account. What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?" "An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience." "To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger." "The interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world." "Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled." "Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense." "It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own." "Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be" "Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind" "Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, This is the real me and when you have found that attitude, follow it" "Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact" "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action" "If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life." "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success" "Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life" "One of the most fascinating lessons I've absorbed about life is that the struggle is good." "When someone else is successful, it's not a detriment to you." "Your attitude has a giant effect not just on your life, but on other people's lives around you."