Self-Growth Quotes

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"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater."

-- Epictetus

"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater."

-- Epictetus

"When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval."

-- Epictetus

"When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval."

-- Epictetus

"Settle on the type of person you want to be and stick to it, whether alone or in company."

-- Epictetus

"Settle on the type of person you want to be and stick to it, whether alone or in company."

-- Epictetus

"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have."

-- Epictetus

"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have."

-- Epictetus

"You become what you give your attention to."

-- Epictetus

"You become what you give your attention to."

-- Epictetus

"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."

-- Epictetus

"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."

-- Epictetus

"A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope."

-- Epictetus

"A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope."

-- Epictetus

"I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it."

-- Epictetus

"I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it."

-- Epictetus

"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things."

-- Epictetus

"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things."

-- Epictetus

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

-- Epictetus

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

-- Epictetus

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

-- Epictetus

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

-- Epictetus

"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."

-- Epictetus

"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."

-- Epictetus

"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

-- Epictetus

"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

-- Epictetus

"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at."

-- Epictetus

"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at."

-- Epictetus

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

-- Epictetus

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

-- Epictetus

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

-- Epictetus

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

-- Epictetus

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

-- Epictetus

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

-- Epictetus

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

-- Epictetus

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

-- Epictetus

"Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?"

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?"

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right, especially when one is right."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right, especially when one is right."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

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Popular self-growth quotes include: "You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul." -- Swami Vivekananda Also: "Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves." -- Swami Vivekananda.

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