Choosing to Turn Pain into Beauty - Quotes on Personal Growth

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. ~ Sigmund Freud

Never be afraid to fall apart, because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along. ~ Rae Smith

It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop. ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder. ~ Ronald Reagan

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong. ~ Mandy Hale

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny. ~ C.S. Lewis

Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell

Change is inevitable. Growth is Optional. ~ John Maxwell

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. ~ Maya Angelou

God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessings into old attitudes. ~ Joel Osteen

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. ~ Albert Einstein

Perhaps strength doesn't reside in having never been broken, but in the courage required to grow strong in the broken places. ~ Unknown

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ~ Socrates

Become who you are. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

The things which hurt, instruct. ~ Benjamin Franklin

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate.  When life is bitter, say thank you and grow. ~ Unknown

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to bloom. ~ Anais Nin