Personal growth isn’t easy. Becoming a better version of yourself, and/or healing from your past is a lot of work. It takes encouragement and inspiration to succeed because change can be hard. We need help to get what we say we want.
Quotes are a great tool to inspire and encourage. There are countless quotes on personal growth.
Quotes are powerful because they are the words of others that have been there and done that. Their words are inspirational.
Quotes spur us on in our personal journey.
Quotes spur us on in our personal journey. Click To Tweet
TAKE ACTION
The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation. — Vernon Howard
Transformation is the goal of personal growth
Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself. ― Denis Waitley
Believe you are worth it.
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. ― Rabindranath Tagore
Desire is good, but action is better.
Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just… start. ― Ijeoma Umebinyuo
Starting is taking the first action needed for your personal growth.
The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation. — Vernon Howard Click To Tweet
BE PATIENT
Transformation is not five minutes from now; it’s a present activity. In this moment you can make a different choice, and it’s these small choices and successes that build up over time to help cultivate a healthy self-image and self-esteem. — Jillian Michaels
Give yourself grace. Remember it’s a process.
Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery. — Rick Warren
It’s not a race. It’s a journey. Go at your own pace.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. ― Confucius
Continue even when it’s hard.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment. ― Stephen Covey
Investing in yourself will bring abundant benefits.
Investing in yourself will bring abundant benefits. Click To Tweet
CELEBRATE YOUR VICTORIES
You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day. ― Unknown
Take it one day at a time.
Look for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger
Celebrate every victory no matter how small.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. ― Ernest Hemingway
Compete only with yourself because it’s your personal growth.
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. ― George S. Patton
When the challenges are yours the victories are sweet.
When the challenges are yours the victories are sweet. Click To Tweet
EMBRACE YOUR POWER
We have the power each day to start writing a new chapter in our lives! ― BILLY COX
How do you want the story of your life to go?
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. ― Unknown
It is in dealing with your past that you create a new future.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. ― Carol Burnett
If you do nothing – nothing will happen.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ― Mark Twain
Heal. Grow. Become. Obtain. Because you matter and because you can.
Heal. Grow. Become. Obtain. Because you matter and because you can. Click To Tweet
HAVE FAITH YOU CAN
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. ― Arthur Ashe
You don’t need to have all the answers at once.
Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome. ― Unknown
Personal growth is a lifelong journey. Don’t give up.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. ― Isaiah
You are not alone, so don’t be. Let God help you.
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. ― Paul
God will empower you to become as you lean on Him for strength.
God will empower you to become as you lean on Him for strength. Click To Tweet
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I really liked this quote, not just for what it says, but for who said it. “Look for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger”
I also liked this one “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. ― Ernest Hemingway”. Comparing ourselves with others is foolish. we only need to be better than who I was yesterday.
You’re welcome, Michael.
Thanks for sharing the quotes you liked best.
I really liked the one by Arnold Schwarzenegger too. Because I’m familiar with his journey it’s even more encouraging to me than the words themselves.
And I agree, comparing ourselves with who we were yesterday is a much better choice.
Thanks again.
Lots of good ones here. I think when you’re writing or taking on any kind of creative endeavor getting started is just as important has having the faith to keep going. I think it really is faith, not will or strength. Here is my favorite: “Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just… start.” ― Ijeoma Umebinyuo
Thank you, Trisha.
That start quote is a favorite of mine too. It always makes me think of my first book Emerging With Wings. I wrote about the process of writing it while encouraging others to write their story too. Here’s that story if you’d like to read it. Faith to keep going is definitely a part of the process.
Thank you for sharing!
So many good ones! I like how you categorized the quotes into different categories. As far as my favorite quotes, it’s hard to choose one; usually it’s more about what’s most applicable to my life at the moment. I like quotes that also serve as reminders, like this one from Debbie Ford: “Upon waking up every morning, breathe deeply and ask to be reminded of why you are here and what your deepest desire is for the day.”
Thank you, Kate.
I understand about favorite quotes being for what’s going on in our lives at the time.
Thanks for sharing that quote.
I just saw her name on Amazon this morning while doing research for my next book. I hadn’t heard of her before. That’s cool.
Thank you, again.