Happy New Year!!! It’s officially the start of another year. There’s New Years resolutions fresh on your mind, goal setting to be done, and dreams to be meticulously thought out. While I love setting new goals and manifesting new dreams, it helps to have quotes on self-growth to keep you inspired.
Here are some of the best quotes on self-growth to galvanize and embolden you to chase your dreams. Go ahead and purchase that plane ticket, venture out on your own, or go with your family and friends. Chase and embrace your inner wellness, or pursue that passion project you’ve been dying to begin.
In 2018, it was my dream to travel the world with my husband the following year. A year later, that dream came to fruition as we found ourselves traveling to Barcelona, Malta, Sofia, through Eastern Europe via the night train, and exploring numerous Christmas markets during the holiday.
Likewise, wherever you are on your journey in pursuing your dreams in travel and better health, I hope these self-growth quotes influence you to keep growing into the best version of yourself.
Travel tip: Need some inspiration for U.S. travel? Check out these posts — Yosemite guide, at-home Disney day, national parks list and sunny cities to visit in Southern California.
How to use quotes on self-growth
Write down your goals, dreams and what you want to accomplish in a journal. Then pick some of your favorite quotes from down below and hang them anywhere (and everywhere) around your house.
Here are some of my favorite ways to use these inspirational quotes.
- Hang them in the mirror in the bathroom, so you can see it first thing in the morning
- Consider writing them in your journal
- Set them as a reminder in your phone to help you stay inspired
- Recite and repeat them during your morning run or yoga workout
- Set a quote on self-growth as your screen saver
Pick one, two, or all of these ways to use these personal self-growth quotes. Share them with love ones or coworkers to spread some inspiration into the New Year.
Best quotes on self-growth
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
― Maya Angelou
“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
― Oprah Winfrey
“History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn’t have to get caught in that.”
― Robert L. Johnson
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”
― Carrie Fisher
“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.”
― Denis Waitley
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”
― Langston Hughes
“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more?”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Don’t go through life, grow through life.”
― Eric Butterworth
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
― Maya Angelou
“If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.”
― Beyonce Knowles
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”
― Robin Sharma
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank
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“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”
― Abraham Maslow
“You are no better than anyone else, and no one is better than you.”
― Katherine Johnson
“Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.”
― John C. Maxwell
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.”
― Stephen Covey
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.”
― Morihei Ueshiba
“Sometimes in life we take a leap of faith. Remember, the leap is not about getting from one side to the other. It’s simply about taking the leap and trusting the air, the universal breath, will support your wings so that you may sour.”
— Kristi Bowman
“The past has no power over the present moment.”
― Eckhart Tolle
“The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.”
— Robin Sharma
“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.”
— Marva Collins
“[Don’t] let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur, is something that you shouldn’t do. What often happens is that people who are well meaning, who really care for us, are afraid for us and talk us out of it.”
— Cathy Hughes
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”
― Brené Brown
“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
— Barack Obama
“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
— Dr. Mae Jemison
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When you self-reflect, you allow yourself to look at your thoughts, emotions, and feelings as neutral as possible. Hence, you throw away biases and assumptions. This way, you assess yourself with curiosity.
Thanks for sharing Neil, self-reflection is a powerful tool.