“To mature, to progress, to grow—these require becoming a better version of yourself while acknowledging that experience has made you wiser. Maturation means admitting that (given the chance to turn back time) you would do things in a healthier, calmer, more constructive way based on what you have learned. Progress is shown as you accept and own the mistakes that were made, especially those that resulted in unfortunate consequences for others. The real growth comes when you offer apologies, make amends, and vow never again to repeat those same mistakes.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Real political change happens with political work.”
Source: Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
“For at least the last few hundred years, it is the fate of conservatives to always be losing, but not quite yet. And it is the fate of progressives to always be winning, but not fast enough. The result is that progressives are winning, but only conservatives can see it. So everyone is miserable.”
Source: Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
“Growth is a lifelong process.”
“Trees don't do nothing fast, and aren't keen on no type of change.”
Source: Motheater
“It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances.”
Source: The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography
“There are days that build bridges
and days that burn them.”
“We have to change as a deliberate and direct result of whatever we have failed at. Let that change be your apology to yourself or the universe or anyone who got caught up as collateral damage along the way... Let that be you getting back up.”
Source: This Is Me Letting You Go
“Change is the only constant, but with awareness, you don’t just react—you navigate.”
Source: Awareness: Reclaim Your Eternal Essence, Your True Essence
“One person’s pain is another person’s profit; suffering traded for satisfaction, and toil exchanged for temporary joy.”