“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“As human beings this is how we’re designed, to shift and grow over and over again. We are built for transformation.”— Sam Maracic, soulanatomy.org
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Som…”— Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.com
“I want to be the best version of myself for anyone who is going to someday walk into my life and need someone to love them beyond reason.”— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.com
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”— Carlos Castaneda, amazon.com
“You have grown so much because you have quietly realized you aren't just teardrops. You are an ocean.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“Facing this day and its challenges will make me stronger and help me learn and grow.”— Lidiya K, letsreachsuccess.com
“People change. If you expect people to stay exactly the way they are, you’re in for a rude awakening.”— Aradhana Pandey, thoughtcatalog.com
“1. You must let the pain visit. 2. You must allow it teach you. 3. You must not allow it overstay.”— Ijeoma Umebinyuo, amazon.com
“Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because they're no longer relevant. We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?”— Bill Hicks, theunboundedspirit.com
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”— Abraham Maslow, facebook.com
“If you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something. So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish…”— Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.com
“The feeling of being 'lost' isn't what happens when you go off-path, it's when you forfeit control. It's what happens when you don't want to accept the course of events that have unfolded. Being found again is a matter of owning what happened to you and continuing to write the story.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Your soul knows what to do to heal itself; the challenge is just to let it.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Your 20s are about undoing as much as they are anything else. Choosing new. Deciding otherwise. Shedding layers that have muddied your idea of who you think you are. This is the kind of scary magic you want.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“If your life is missing something you cannot place back into it, restructure. You will get nowhere dismantling the pieces with nothing to take their place.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com