Self Actualization Quotes Quotes

“Radical acts of self-transformation do not occur spontaneously, meaningful change requires a specific and deliberative act of will.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“After studying self-awareness for 15-years, it is more than a feeling, and it is more than a thought. It’s that space in time where we ‘think less and we live more’ abundantly in the story of the moment’s gift. Self-awareness is, thus, a three-part connection. We must understand it, feel it, and live it through its living, breathing, daily adapting commitment in our heart that’s a micro reflection of life itself. In Cinderella In Focus, her invisible crown teacher her to be her own kind of brave through a new focus: To love deeply is to live freely. Cindy's Secret...”
― H.L. Balcomb, Cinderella In Focus: "Finding hope when you're feeling a sense of hopelessness!"

“Dear Daughter,
Avoid any form of blind loyalty and never put up with complacency. Remember that you are royalty.”
― Gift Gugu Mona , Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen

“Tell me who I am, I’d asked my parents in so many ways. (16)”
― Linda Murphy Marshall, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery

“My goal consisted of trying not to anger her—or anyone… (73)”
― Linda Murphy Marshall, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery

“I don’t think I realized back then that I wanted to rewrite the past, though, perform a do-over. It’s only in hindsight I’ve come to this conclusion.”
― Linda Murphy Marshall, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery

“Once our reasons to be together—our parents, our childhood years—had been removed, not much linkage between us remained (181).”
― Linda Murphy Marshall, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery

“Unconditional love in my family was rare; you had to earn love, but it proved to be an elusive goal, the artist's vanishing point, unreachable in the distance. The more I tried to earn my parents' respect, the more it backfired, having the opposite effect (191).”
― Linda Murphy Marshall, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery

“I realize it has taken the death of both my parents for me to finally begin to see who I am, but not through their eyes. I’ll never forget them; my parents I have been in lockstep ever since I was young child, but their words drowned out my own voice. I’m starting to come into my own. (240)”
― Linda Murphy Marshall, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery

“Skipping Shadow Work is like skipping "Leg Day".”
― Martin O'Toole, How To Die Happy: Curated wisdom, stories, and utilities for the art of living.

“If a person relies too much on authority outside of themselves, it is very easy to lose yourself in that routine. That routine ‘in time’ becomes unconscious and those unconscious beliefs become invisible to the self. These unconscious beliefs then create bridges to a certain kind of understanding, but they also block you from perceiving other possibilities. If that external authority and those unconscious beliefs are never examined, then we can become imprisoned within cages that were created by others.”
― John Kreiter, The Art of Transmutation

“Self-mastery isn’t about controlling everything — it’s about aligning with what’s true.”
― Brandie Allen, The Power of Self-mastery: Changing Your Life Through Discovery, Exploration, and Transformation

“The life you want isn’t waiting for later — it’s hidden beneath everything you’re not.”
― Brandie Allen, The Power of Self-mastery: Changing Your Life Through Discovery, Exploration, and Transformation