Personal Growth Quotes

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone." "The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear." "You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right." "The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free" "The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is" "If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past" "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change" "We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time" "Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it" "Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change" "We need never be ashamed of our tears" "What really matters for success, character, happiness and lifelong achievements is a definite set of emotional skills – your EQ – not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests." "The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself" "Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future" "You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible" "Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is" "The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers" "The more man alienates himself from the world around him, the more he alienates himself also from his own inner world" "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them"