Elif Safak Quotes

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be

Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

You have sole custody of your life. Who you are today is not who you have to be tomorrow. Embrace the possibility of transformation.

If you practice in accord with your individual capacity, little by little you will find more pleasure and joy in it. As you gain inner strength, your positive actions will gain in profundity and scope.

Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.

You are your own forerunner, and the towers you have builded are but the foundation of your giant-self. And that self too shall be a foundation.

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

I fight to embrace the entire circle of human activity to the full extent of my ability.

Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!

I was very anxious that Stephen should have every opportunity to fulfil himself.

I'm always just focused on being great where I'm at and blooming where I'm planted.

We're all capable of being more than we presently are, and the effort that it takes and the will that it takes and sometimes the trauma and tragedy that it takes to force us into that kind of growth is the story of our lives.

I'm a sucker when it comes to under-explored human potential and 'stuff that makes you be better.'

My transformation represents more than what is just skin deep; it represents my motivation, drive, and willingness to constantly improve.

I'm trying to do something more than just be a champion who wins fights.