"Personal Growth Quotes"
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June 29, 2001
"A good leader will inspire others to have confidence in him. A great leader will inspire others to have confidence in themselves." --- Copyright © 2001 Larry Andrade June 29, 2001 "Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards, they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly we grow weak or strong; and at last some crisis shows us what we have become." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paula Bartley --- Oregon June 27, 2001 "I am a firm believer that all of us to a very large extent are truly masters of our own health, happiness, success, and destiny in life simply by the thoughts we think...the words we speak...and the actions that we take." --- Copyright © 1976 Tom Bennett --- Bodybuilding Champion June 27, 2001 "True satisfaction with one's life is accepting what is, continuing to prepare for what can be, while letting go of what we thought needed to be." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.M. --- Iowa June 25, 2001 "In case of doubt, do the right thing." --- Copyright © 2001 Labhesh Patel June 25, 2001 "I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that didn't work." --- Ben Franklin --- Submitted by Amy Wall --- Connecticut June 22, 2001 "Failure does not mean that we are off the track to success. It merely forces us to take a detour to success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deewoon Tan --- Singapore June 22, 2001 "We never plan to fail, but never forget to insist on having a back-up plan should the plan fail." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lewis O. --- Greater Accra, Ghana June 20, 2001 "It is in helping others up that we, ourselves, are truly elevated." --- Copyright © 2001 Brenda Henninger June 20, 2001 "Don't be afraid to ask stupid questions. They are easier to handle than stupid mistakes." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Belinda Golinski --- QLD, Australia June 18, 2001 "It always pays to do a little bit better than seems necessary." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by James Banzer --- Kentucky June 18, 2001 "Without a goal, discipline is nothing but self-punishment." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R. Kiley --- West Virginia June 15, 2001 "Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say I WILL DO BETTER TOMORROW." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mason B. --- Virginia June 15, 2001 "The word "CAN'T" should never be in a man's vocabulary." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony K. --- California June 13, 2001 "To win without risk is to triumph without glory." --- From the French Drama "LE CID" by Corneille --- Submitted by M. Gold --- Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany --- Source of quote provided by P.S. --- Mauritius June 13, 2001 "If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, You will not do much." --- Lewis Carroll --- Submitted by S. Williams --- Mississippi, United States June 11, 2001 "Real success is not in having things, But in having mastery, victory, over self (sense)." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shailendra Vasale --- Maharashtra, India June 11, 2001 What you get is not the game, What you give has all the fame... When you are happy is not the challenge, When you make happiness has all the excellence... Where you are loved is not the end, Where you have loved takes all the pain... Give more, make others happy, And love shall be yours in any way... --- Nor'Aidilza Omar --- Submitted by Liza Aidilza --- JHR, Malaysia June 8, 2001 "Do everything to the best of your abilities So that in everything you do, your abilities become better." --- Copyright © 1999 Robert Proctor June 8, 2001 "Anything you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must, absolutely must, come to pass." --- Skip Bertman (LSU Baseball Coach) Submitted by Dave Huff --- Texas June 6, 2001 "A perfectionist fails every time. It's the excellist that never stops getting better." --- Copyright © 2001 Jason Seymour June 6, 2001 "Never look back and wish." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dain Kurita --- Washington June 4, 2001 "Remember, smooth seas never make skillful sailors." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ganesh A. --- Tamilnadu, India June 4, 2001 "Grasp life and love as best you can; at the end of every rainbow there is hope, and at the end of every tunnel, there is light." --- Copyright © 1999 Margarette Farril June 1, 2001 "First you must be the best, then you will be first. In business everybody is trying to be first." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erwin Paulus --- Khomas, Namibia June 1, 2001 "Let not your obstacles turn you away from your dreams, for even the highest hurdles can be jumped or even crawled under." --- Copyright © 2001 Brandon Bonwell May 30, 2001 "No one daydreams of being a failure but for those who only dream of success, and never wake up to do anything about it, failure quickly becomes their reality." --- Copyright © 2001 Michael Lopez May 30, 2001 "If you believe, then you are 99% of the way there." --- Copyright © 2001 M.Gold May 25, 2001 "Always be fair in judgement to everyone you meet in life Because the next person you face might be there to judge you." --- Copyright © 2001 Maria Meraz May 25, 2001 "Successful people do what unsuccessful people dare not to do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by David LeRoy --- California May 23, 2001 "Unless you engage yourself to make a difference in the world, The world will engage you and make you different." --- Thabo Nkwe --- Submitted by Lesego Ntlele --- NW, South Africa May 23, 2001 "Problems in the world will increase, So increase your capacity for dealing with the problems." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K. Chhokra --- New York May 21, 2001 "Success should not be measured by the outcome of the game But by preparation, attitude, and effort!" --- Copyright © 2000 Morris Jenkins May 21, 2001 "80% of what you do is attitude, 20% is skill." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.B. --- California May 18, 2001 "I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is after all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made a difference that you lived at all." --- Leon Rosten, author (1908-1997) --- Submitted by Busi Xhalabile --- Western Cape, South Africa May 18, 2001 "United we stand, but we make that stand as individuals." --- Copyright © 2001 Scott Caraveo May 16, 2001 "A drive for success is motivational and inspirational. The process is painful and wearisome. In the end, nothing can describe what it feels like to be productive." --- Copyright © 2001 John Carmichael May 16, 2001 "Don't complain, make the change." --- Copyright © 2001 Vedran Saciragic May 14, 2001 "When looking upon a troubled employee, take in mind there are only three attributes you need to recognize: Skill, Knowledge, and Attitude. Their skill and knowledge can be taught and acquired, their attitude is fully under their control." --- Copyright © 2001 Bill Housel May 14, 2001 "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." --- Milton Berle --- Submitted by Faisal Muneer --- New York May 11, 2001 "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other ideas alone. This is the way to success. If we really want to be blessed and make others blessed, we must go deeper." --- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Pavan V. --- AP, India May 11, 2001 "In the pursuit to better ourselves we are sure to encounter failure. Going on after each failure is how character is built." --- Copyright © 2000 Allan L. Barr May 7, 2001 "Yesterday you were raw, Today you have improved, Tomorrow you will be even better, Persist and soon you will be expert." --- Copyright © 1999 Henry Kiong May 7, 2001 "Occupation has nothing to do with character." --- Copyright © 2001 Sandra Buchanan May 4, 2001 "If you have failed... don't worry; You've just cut the way to success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eliezer Tav --- Florida May 4, 2001 "It takes a strong fish to swim against the current; Even a dead one can float with it." --- John Crowe --- Submitted by Larry Ward --- New York May 2, 2001 "Failure is never as scary as regret." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by V.H. --- Queensland, Australia May 2, 2001 "Have a dream so BIG that you cannot achieve it; Until you grow into the person who can!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joshua Vandyk --- Michigan April 30, 2001 "Life is 50% change and 50% coping. You have to learn to bend and remember to smile." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Allison Sweeney --- Pennsylvania April 30, 2001 "Don't gloat over your victories nor fret over your losses. Take each for what they are and move on." --- Copyright © 2001 Paul C. Abrantes April 27, 2001 "If you are not living on the edge, You're taking up too much space." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jay Wildt --- West Virginia April 27, 2001 "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt Until they are too strong to be broken." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lawrence Hartnett --- Massachusetts April 25, 2001 "The deeper our roots in the soil of service, The more abundant our fruit on the tree of leadership." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sebastian Renato --- Queensland, Australia April 25, 2001 "The world is one big classroom, Where experiences are your teachers And choices are your tests. The answers are up to you." --- Copyright © 2000 Rebecca Helt April 23, 2001 "Success is neither a long jump nor a high jump; It's the steps of a marathon race." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ramesh Naidu --- New Jersey April 23, 2001 "When we want to achieve something, the whole world helps us." --- Paulo Coelho --- Submitted by Murali Duggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India April 20, 2001 "He who works hard achieves results. He works smarter achieves double the results." --- Copyright © 2001 L. Campbell April 20, 2001 "The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with; But what he can love, value and appreciate." --- John Ruskin --- Submitted by Tamera Goldsmith --- Colorado April 18, 2001 "Impossibility is the excuse of the impatient, unimaginative, Or the apathetic." --- Copyright © 2001 Josh Kuper April 18, 2001 "You may fail twenty times, but if you work hard as a team You will always succeed." --- Written by Allison M., Age 13 --- Texas April 16, 2001 "Today is the day to complete what you worked toward yesterday And a wonderful, new opportunity to achieve What you dream to accomplish tomorrow." --- Copyright © 2001 Katrina Costa April 16, 2001 "Successful people take their jobs seriously, but not themselves." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Matt Smith --- England, United Kingdom April 13, 2001 "The only difference between success and failure, Is the ability to take action!" --- Alexander Graham Bell --- Submitted by Tawnya B. --- Ontario, Canada April 13, 2001 "Be competitive, don't just compete." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.J. Kramer --- Ohio April 11, 2001 "Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are." --- Arthur Golden --- Submitted by Chen Fawn Meng --- Malaysia April 11, 2001 "Powerful combination: Vision of an eagle, heart of a lion." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by KJ Lenz --- Alabama April 9, 2001 "No one can replace you For you make that position what it is." --- Copyright © 1995 Rob Grierson April 9, 2001 "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense." --- Ralph Waldo Emerson --- Submitted by Heather Lindberg --- Alabama April 6, 2001 "The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the divinity within. You can do anything." --- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Sudhir Prabhu --- California April 6, 2001 "Success is your best day, everyday." --- M. Young --- Kansas April 4, 2001 "The secret of success is hidden in your daily routine." --- Jody Victor --- Submitted by Timothy Capuano --- Pennsylvania April 4, 2001 "As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big." --- Donald Trump --- Submitted by M.J. --- Arizona April 2, 2001 "What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves; What matters in this life is helping others win, Even if it means slowing down and changing our course." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Odile St-Pierre --- Quebec, Canada April 2, 2001 "The direction in which we are going Is more important than where we are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vickie Eade Eddy --- Arizona
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