“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.” ~ Gail Sheehy
“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.” ~ Goethe
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~ Carl Jung
“Courageous risks are life-giving, they help you grow, make you brave, and better than you think you are.” ~ Joan L. Curcio
“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.” ~ Epictetus
“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.” ~ James F. Clarke
“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.” ~ Confucius
“To dare is to lose ones footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” ~ Frederick Douglass
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” ~ Lao Tzu
“Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up’s.” ~ Peter Davies
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~ William Channing
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” ~ Plutarch
“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” ~ Sam Levenson
“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration and expectation.” ~ Jack Nicklaus
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ~ Henri Bergson
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.” ~ James Allen
“It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.” ~ Queen of Sweeden
“If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.” ~ Heber Grant
“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.” ~ Liane Cardes
