50 Inspiring Quotes About Personal Growth

Isn’t interesting how quotes we read here and there speak to us? Some speak to us louder than others, but still somehow we feel them true to us. 

​Well, here are my top 50 inspiring quotes about personal growth and the reason why I like each one of them.

Most of what I teach and write about are in these quotes. I hope they serve you to recognize your truth; so pay attention only to those quotes that feel true to you. Enjoy!

1. "Do unto others as you would have them done unto you." –Jesus (you have control over your own karma)

2. "It's your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." –Rumi (you're the only one responsible for your own life)

3. "You can be and do and have whatever you want." –Abraham Hicks (you have an innate right to abundance and freedom)

4. "Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?" –Rumi (you have total freedom to choose that you can even choose bondage)​

5. "Let your light shine so brightly that others can see their way out of the dark."  –Katrina Mayer (teach by example)

6. “Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.” –Shakti Gawain (because you’re disconnecting from yourself)

7. “The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want.” –T. Harv Eker (clarity makes life easier)

8. "You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are." –Yogi Bhajan (you have more power over your life than you think you do)

9. “Make yourself so happy so that when others look at you they become happy too.” ―Yogi Bhajan (teach by example)

10. “I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that." –J. K. Rowling (be proud of your over comings)
​

11. “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” –Bob Dylan (true success is based on your desires)

12. “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti (stop following the blind of heart)

13. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.” –Mandy Hale (keep growing)

14. “Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.” –Jonatan Mårtensson (you have a free will to choose)

15. “Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue, it’s a spiritual dissipation.” –Margaret Deland (self-sacrifice hurts you more than benefiting you)

16. “When we practice kindness and compassion we are the first one to profit.” –Rumi (when you are the conduit, you get it first)

17. "If you want to know the value of life, just know that it is a brief happening." –Sadhuru (life is shorter than we think it to be)

18. “Why resist change when it’s the main source of your growth?” –Robin Sharma (always plan to change)

19. “The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive an uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” –Mary Oliver (don’t live in the coulda, woulda, shoulda world)

20. “Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” –Rumi (that's your Higher life purpose)
​

21. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” –Lao Tzu (there’s no need or benefit in winning when you know yourself)
​
22. “I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.” –Louise Hay (find new perspectives)

23. "Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." –Plato (make sure you recognize them before paying attention to them)

24. "If we exaggerate our joys, as we do with our grief, our problems would lose importance." -Anatole France (what you focus upon is what's important to you)

25. “Be careful how you’re talking to yourself because you’re listening.” –Hayes (your voice has power)

26. "People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul." –Carl G. Jung (because they don't know the rewards of the Soul)

27. “I believe that the only true religion consists of having a good heart.” –Dalai Lama (everything that you do, think and are come from your heart)

28. “Believe you can do it. Believing something can be done puts your mind to work for you and helps you find ways to do it.” –George Shinn (if you believe it then you can do it)

29. “A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.” ―Zen Shin (just be you)

30. “Dream away, and dream often, and dream big. And never let anyone talk you out of your dreams." –Neale Donald Walsh (dreams are the beginning of manifestations)

31. “When we talk about happiness, we must think in terms of peace of mind, which is a real source of joy." –Dalai Lama (because dreams begin in the mind)

32. “Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don’t want.” –Abraham Hicks (you create with your attention)

33. “The key is to remember that how our minds feel as we go about our day—how relaxed, happy, and fulfilled we are—gets translated into the physiology of the body.” ―Dr. Lissa Rankin (if you’re stressed your body will reflect it)

34. “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place." ―Lao Tzu (thoughts, dreams and beliefs begin in the mind)

35. “When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich.” –Daniel Goleman (all emotions are needed in this life)

36. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ―Mahatma Gandhi (harmony is peace)

37. “Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound." –James Allen (your life won’t improve unless you align with your inner self)

38. “A man’s way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things." ―Wallace D. Wattles (again, it all begins in the mind)

39. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson (you are the only one in control of you)

40. “Change your thoughts and you change your world"  ―Norman Vincent (once more, it all begins in the mind)
​

​41. “I do not exist to impress the world; I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.” –Richard Bach (I live for me)
​
42. “I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” –Audre Lorde (loving yourself ensures your survival in this world)

43. “As I help others heal, more of me heals too.” –Anne-Marie Wiesman (healing touches me first)

44. “Hold a thought for 17 seconds and the law of attraction kicks in. Hold a thought for 68 seconds and things move; manifestation has begun.” –Abraham Hicks (the formula to create your life and find your happy path)

45. “Do the task at hand. When you are prepared to perform a higher one, it will be placed before you.” –Bhagavad Gita (There's a time for everything)

46. “If you don’t have an obvious passion, follow your curiosity.” –Elizabeth Gilbert (do what interests you right now)

47. “Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.” –Akshay Dubey (the pain got separated from the memory)

48. “Without finding your center, there is no satisfaction possible. You can go on searching and you will find many things in life, but nothing is going to satisfy.” –Osho (only aligning to your true Self can bring you satisfaction)

49. “Life is really simple but we insist in making it complicated.” –Confucius (life is really simple. Maybe not easy, but it is simple)

Only Spirit can recognize Spirit." -Eckhart Tolle

I hope some of these quotes spoke to you. And if they did, did you pay attention which ones they were? Your Spirit, who recognized them, might want to tell you something.

If you have favorite quotes not included here that keep speaking to you, please share them with us in the comments below.

Did you like this post? Subscribe here to send you more like it to your inbox every week. Also, share this post in your social media or with someone you think might benefit from this information. Thank you!

---

Related Posts:

How To Love Yourself

Fulfilling Your Life's Purpose

Emotional Healing For Your Heart

Improve Your Life By Listening to Your IGS

---

Image credit: ​https://www.123rf.com/profile_evgenyatamanenko

---