Bob Greene Quotes

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

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.

The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world.

I am never going to stop evolving and growing.

If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.

You get to the point where you realize that unless you, yourself, become more of the change, you can't create too much change.

The final goal of human effort is man's self-transforma tion.

Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

I wish people used wishes to modify themselves instead of others. Wish to be low maintenance. Wish to be autonomous, even.

Only changed people can change the world. Start with yourself.

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.

I don't know that you can put a label on growth. I'm just me.

I've learned as well watching myself grow on TV.

I don't want to change the world; I want to evolve myself.

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

Everyone wants to grow, but I'm not trying to reinvent myself anytime soon.

I'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.

If you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you begin with: yourself or others?

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.

We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.

Instead of looking for the right person become the right person.