January 25, 2015

10 AMAZING Self-Discovery Quotes!!! :)

Without test we could not grow. Without failure we could not grow. Sure the lessons may be painful, but nobody said life was meant to be easy and it is that very pain that makes you stronger! It's not easy for a catepillar to transform itself into a butterfly. They have to totally let go of their former life as a catepillar then go through the metamorphose stage which could take 2 weeks or even a couple of months depending on the species. Once complete the newly transformed butterfly has to PUSH and PUSH their way out of that cocoon. That's how they build up their strength. That is what prepares them for their new life.

I remember reading a story about a young boy who actually saw a butterfly trying really hard to push its way out of the cocoon. He felt really sorry for the butterfly and wanted to help. So he went and got a knife and cut open the cocoon so that the butterfly would be set free from its struggle. Unfortunately, the young boy's good intentions prevented the butterfly from completing its final stage and the poor butterfly ended up weak with its body deformed and its wings deformed and therefore could not fly. It was not fully developed. That final struggle was necessary to build up its strength. The butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around on the floor never able to fly and butterflies are destined TO FLY!

10 AMAZING Self-Discovery Quotes!!!
  1. People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. ~ Thomas Szasz

  2. If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead. ~ Gelett Burgess

  3. The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. ~ Muhammad Ali

  4. If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. ~ Author Unknown

  5. It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts. ~ K.T. Jong

  6. To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution. ~ Joe Cordare

  7. No one remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself. ~ Thomas Mann

  8. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. ~ James A. Froude

  9. It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. ~ Lucille Ball

  10. Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~ Buddha

BONUS
If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life. ~James A. Michener

BONUS BONUS

‎"The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart." ~ by Thich Nhat Hanh

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