219 Spiritual Growth Quotes For Lifelong Learning and Experience Of Life

219 Spiritual Growth Quotes For Lifelong Learning and Experience Of Life

1. “To live as if you were alive is to be spiritually alive.”
2. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
3. We must have faith in our dreams. We mustn’t lose heart when things look bad. The world looks brighter after we’ve had dark times.”
4. “Those who think they can, do. Those who think they cannot, won’t.”
5. “Everything that happens to us makes us stronger and deeper, but if we use what comes up to make ourselves better, we grow into greatness.”
6. “I know where I’m going…and I know the truth. And I hold to those truths no matter what anyone says about me or my beliefs.”
7. “When you’re born again, there’s no limit to your potential.”
8. “Every day is an opportunity to choose joy over pain.”
9. “Love is like sunlight; It helps everything it touches shine.
10. “All good things take time. Don’t worry if you fall behind. You may not get back on track until you reach the end of your rope. But keep reaching anyway.”
11. The only thing that matters is whether we love each other enough to forgive one another.
12. “You have two ears and one mouth so that you could listen twice as much as you talk.”
13. “If you want peace, work for justice – if you want prosperity, fight for freedom – if you want happiness, strive for righteousness – if you want respect, dignify every human being.”
14. “Wherever you go, go with all your might.”
15. “A person is a person through other persons.”
16. If you wish to find out if a man is sincere, ask him to explain his principles.
17. People get angry mostly over misunderstandings. If you can’t solve a problem, walk away from it.
18. “In order to see life whole, we need to understand the parts: the past, present, and future. Our problems are different from other people’s because we haven’t learned to put them together yet.”
19. “It doesn’t matter where you start, so long as you start somewhere.”
20. “When you don’t know what to do, just sit down, shut up and get up again.”
21. “Our best moments usually occur when we are feeling deeply moved by something or someone.”
22. “There’s always tomorrow.”
23. “Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.”
24. “One good turn deserves another.”
25. “I try hard to avoid making judgments unless I feel sure that I know more than the other person. After all, maybe he feels exactly the same way as I do.
26. “Life isn’t about finding oneself; life is about creating oneself.”
27. Letting go of judgments and opinions leads to compassion.”
28. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
29. “We tend to see patterns everywhere. There is nothing random about this universe.”
30. “Most folks are in a fog about most things. They are either trying to figure things out or they are already enlightened.”
31. Being kind is a very important part of living a happy life.”
32. “Be grateful for what you have. You’ll be amazed at what you will receive.”
33. The secret of health for both mind and body is the freedom from care.”
34. If you’re lucky enough to find the courage to live your own life, then you can help others do the same.
35. To laugh often and much; To win friends takes some effort; To lose them, none.
36. “Don’t let yourself get trapped by your emotions. Every emotion has its place in the scheme of things.”
37. “There are countless paths to the top of mountains, but only one path to the bottom of valleys.”
38. “Life is too short to waste any moment wishing that things were different.”
39. “How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? How deep an ocean must cover before you call it sea?”
40. “There’s no such thing as total security, but there’s no such thing as a totally secure situation either.”
41. “Knowledge comes from experience, wisdom from reflection, and understanding from listening.”
42. “Good judgement comes from experience, experience from bad judgment, and error from repeated mistakes.”
43. “Sometimes our expectations become confused with reality.”
44. “Many of us spend our lives chasing after dreams, forgetting that the real treasure lies within ourselves.”
45. “What’s done cannot be undone, but what hasn’t happened yet can still happen.”
46. “Nothing worthwhile happens without difficulty.”
47. “You can never step into the same river twice.”
48. “When you come across obstacles, look back at how far you’ve come. The farther you’ve gone, the further ahead you are.”
49. “Somebody once told me that if you give a mouse a cheese sandwich every day, eventually he won’t eat anything else.”
50. “No matter what the circumstance, we have a choice on how we react to it.”
51. “Everyone needs a little bit of luck now and again.”
52. “We should always aim to be kinder than necessary.”
53. “As long as you keep looking inside, you’ll never run out of room to grow.”
54. Every morning when you arise, think of something excellent which you intend to perform that day.
55. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
56. “It’s never too late to be who you want to be.”
57. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
58. “Live each day as though it were your last. Make today count!”
59. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life – Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Be independent! Dare to be creative! Discover what you really want to say!”
60. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
61. “Whenever I feel sad or lonely, I try to remember that just because nobody came to my funeral doesn’t mean that I wasn’t glad I lived.”
62. “I know why we fight; We fight because we are afraid of losing.”
63. “We all need love to survive.”
64. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go seek that out.”
65. “I’m going to make you more beautiful than anyone else can…and then, I’m gonna put you right back where you belong.”
66. “I like the way you laugh, I like the way you smile, I like everything about you.”
67. “People will tell you that you’re crazy for doing such a thing. You might even lose some friends along the way. But you have to believe in yourself and follow your heart.”
68. “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”
69. “The only person you can truly hurt is yourself.”
70. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
71. “Most people die before their own death arrives.”
72. “There are times when we must stand alone as individuals, times when we must stand together as a community.”
73. “Only in the darkness does any light appear.”
74. “Be careful to dig two holes: one for happiness and one for sadness.”
75. “All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: courage.”
76. “Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
77. “Life is what happens while you’re making other plans.”
78. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
79. “In order to carry out a plan, there must be both passion and discipline.”
80. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
81. “You’ve got to figure out what you believe in and live according to those beliefs.”
82. “Whatever you decide to spend your time on, do it with all your heart.”
83. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
84. “Some days are going to be bad, but you can still choose how you react.”
85. “Sometimes the hardest part is deciding whether you should act at all. When you decide to take action, the rest becomes easy.”
86. “The past cannot be changed, but the present moment is within our control.”
87. “When you get knocked down, you get back up again.”
88. “Every person who ever lived was once a beginner.”
89. Remember, perfectionism is just another form of procrastination.
90. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
91. “The first step toward changing anything is to show up.”
92. “Take the time to learn from others mistakes.”
93. “To think deeply is to see clearly.”
94. “Wherever you go, there you are.”
95. “Your problems are your opportunities.”
96. “Nothing tastes as good as being happy feels.”
97. “Believe that life is a journey and you are on the path toward enlightenment.”
98. The key to success is to keep moving forward.
99. Learn to enjoy the little things in life because someday you may look back and realize they were the big things.
100. “The true test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
101. “A person without principles or values will do whatever is profitable.”
102. “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
103. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
104. “Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you deal with it.
105. “I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
106. “What you put into life comes back to you tenfold.”
107. “One day at a time – that is enough for anyone.”
108. “A wise man learns from his mistakes, a foolish man repeats them.”
109. “Don’t worry about failure, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”
110. “Happiness depends upon ourselves alone, misery depends upon ourselves alone, no one else.”
111. You cannot do great things if you fear you will face great odds.
112. “If you wish to convince others, listen more than talk.”
113. “Worrying makes your problems bigger, but laughing makes your solutions smaller.”
114. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
115. “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.”
116. “There is no such thing as a useless problem, only a problem that isn’t yet defined.”
117. “People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle most brightly when the sun is out, but are opaque and dull when the lights are out. When the lights are out, we need light from within us to see their beauty.”
118. “If you want to tell the truth, you’re gonna get hurt sometimes, so lie a lot.”
119. “If you believe nothing can happen to you, you’ll probably be right.”
120. “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
121. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
122. “All I know is this: that my strength does not come from physical capacity. My confidence does not come from myself. It arises from something outside of me.”
123. “A pessimist believes in the inevitable decay of the universe. An optimist has faith in humanity.”
124. “Never give up on someone who wants to improve himself.”
125. “Laughter is the shortest distance between two points.”
126. “An optimist sees the seed; a pessimist sees the plant.”
127. A lack of positive thinking could cause the world to fail, but negative thinking can destroy the world.
128. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
129. “Live in the present, live for today.”
130. “No matter how much knowledge you acquire, you will always remember that there is more to learn.”
131. “Our obstacles become our opportunities dressed differently.”
132. “Sometimes success has a way of coming to those who wait.”
133. “If you plan to win, prepare to lose.”
134. “Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement.”
135. “Everyone needs help now and then, but nobody needs help all the time.”
136. “Learn to enjoy being alone.”
137. “Your children may change your future, but they won’t change your past.”
138. “Love is patient, love is kind…it doesn’t envy…and it doesn’t parade its accomplishments…”
139. “I’m going to make a new start tomorrow, and every day after that!”
140. “In order to succeed, everything seems to be against you, but in order to succeed, everything is with you.”
141. “Do what you can with what you have where you are.”
142. “Nobody knows what he thinks until he reads what he says.”
143. “It takes more muscles to frown than to smile.”
144. “He who laughs last, thinks slowest.”
145. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how well you deal with it.”
146. “Everyday discipline leads to greatness.”
147. “Those who mind don’t matter and those that matter don’t mind.”
148. “We are all just walking each other home.”
149. “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”.
150. “Nothing tastes better than success.”
151. “There are some people who never think evil of anyone, but if they do, they don’t try to stop them.”
152. “Whatever you spend your money on, you should buy happiness. You might find you’ve made friends for life.
153. A person without imagination becomes an architect with no soul.
154. “You can’t take back words once spoken.”
155. “Don’t look at the days, but look forward to the next one.
156. To thine own self be true.
157. “Happiness is not a thing which we pursue, but something that pursues us.”
158. “If you ask me if I like living here, I’d say yes. If you asked me why, I couldn’t tell you.”
159. “You must first forgive yourself before you can move on.”
160. “The ability to laugh at oneself is central to the spiritual life.”
161. “Don’t let fear paralyze you, don’t be paralyzed by fear.”
162. “When you lose hope, you close the door to opportunity.”
163. “People often overestimate what they can accomplish in a year or underestimate what they can accomplish in seven years.”
164. “Where there’s mirth, there’s wisdom.”
165. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
166. “Be careful about judging others because you don’t want to be judged.”
167. “The happiest men are the ones that live in quietude and are content with their lot.”
168. “Some people die too soon and some don’t know when to go.”
169. “You cannot solve a problem with the same level of consciousness that created it.”
170. “You cannot cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of shore.”
171. “Never regret anything, except perhaps your answers to prayers.”
172. “When you are feeling down, remember that someone somewhere feels exactly the same way about themselves.”
173. “No man is a failure who has friends.”
174. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
175. “If you don’t stand up for something, then you’re standing up for nothing.”
176. “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.”
177. “Remember, nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
178. “Even if you fall from grace, you will land on your feet, if only because everyone around you falls too.”
179. “Keep your promises; you’ll need them later.”
180. “Be kind wherever possible, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”
181. The best revenge is massive success.”
182. I’m always searching for ways to keep myself busy, and my most recent attempt was writing a book.
183. “Everybody’s got problems. What good does it do to complain?”
184. “You can only gain strength by going through hardship, so don’t worry about lost time. The past is gone, the future isn’t certain. Live in the present moment wisely.”
185. “The world doesn’t revolve around you, but you still feel like it does.”
186. It takes more energy to hold anger than to release it.
187. “Give your heart away every day and you’ll have none left over to break.”
188. “We all have our share of pain and joy, but the difference between us is what we do with those feelings.”
189. Nobody is perfect, just remember that.
190. “It’s easier to be miserable alone than happy with someone else.”
191. “Most people fail because they get discouraged and give up when things seem hopeless.”
192. “Sometimes you have to put aside your pride to be nice to someone.”
193. “When you realize where you want to go, you may run into trouble along the way, but you will never arrive if you continue to live as though today were your final day.”
194. The key to happiness is learning how to enjoy your life while you’re living it.
195. “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.”
196. “Happiness is being yourself, whoever you are.”
197. “Be grateful for everything; after all, God gave you two hands.”
198. A person who has achieved his goals has taken one step toward achieving eternity.
199. The essence of leadership is caring enough to take charge.
200. “Doing what is right is usually easy; doing what is difficult is what makes a leader.”
201. “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.”
202. “To err is human, to forgive divine.”
203. “Your actions speak louder than words.”
204. “Nothing is impossible as long as you believe it is possible.”
205. “People often say ‘But I am not sure’, which is another way of saying ‘I won’t do it’.”
206. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
207. “Being prepared is half the battle.”
208. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.”
209. “Never allow doubt or indecision stop you from acting on your convictions.”
210. “Worry is thinking what might happen instead of focusing on what has happened.”
211. “You will find that many people are asleep, but you awaken them.”
212. “In order to make peace with anyone, you must first learn to understand him.”
213. All we can control is ourselves and our own attitude.”
214. “What you think about comes out of your mouth.”
215. “Don’t let other people decide whether you’re worth anything.”
216. “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.”
217. No matter whom you love, all relationships end eventually.
218. “Knowledge without action is useless, but action without knowledge is blind.”
219. “How much do you really want something? How badly do you need something? Do you really deserve it? Can you afford it? Will it help you grow spiritually? Are you willing to work at it? If you answered yes to these questions, then you should have no problem taking steps to achieve your goal.

Final Thoughts

I hope that these spiritual growth quotes have helped your spiritual life improve. A life with wisdom is one that is filled with self-knowledge and understanding.

We cannot truly experience this state until we begin to understand ourselves better. These spiritual growth quotes show us that there is always more to learn and more time to become wiser.

Best of luck!