"Personal Growth Quotes"
"Better to be a fool with a friend than proud and lonely."
Copyright © 2003 Clarissa Marsh
When you have hurt someone you care about admit where you're wrong and say "sorry", no matter how foolish you may feel. There is great humility in love and friendship. It's better than losing someone you love.
Recipe for success:
1. Wake up early in the morning (before the sun rise)
2. Stand facing the east
3. Say to the sun 'I'll defeat you today and I'm gonna beat you everyday'
4. Start your day with a perfect smile on your face.
Pena Merdeka --- Submitted by Firdaus Muhammad --- Selangor, Malaysia
"Life is like a staircase. You have to go up each stair to reach the top."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tina R. --- Illinois
"God has given man two ends; one to sit on and one to think with.
The degree of a person's success lies on which end he uses most."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jagdeep N. --- BNG, India
"Problem can be solved but issue has to be dealt with."
Copyright © 1998 Michelle Latimer
"When? NOW!"
Bill Cameron --- B.C., Canada
A summary of all the quotes I have read here. When should I try, or start something?... Now! "Now but I will" is neither a word, nor an answer.
"The biggest obstacle is the distance between your ears."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by T. Funderburk --- North Carolina
"What do you want? How bad do you want it? Really? Go get it!"
Copyright © 2003 Casey Southerland
"The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lakkoju Goutam --- AP, India
"If your efforts are greeted with indifference, do not lose heart; the sun puts on a wonderful show at daybreak, yet most of the people in the audience go on sleeping."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aparna S. --- Tamil Nadu, India
"To be a success in life, it is not what you have in life; it is rather what you make of your life, for you can only build your success through your own works."
Copyright © 2000 James R. Padgett
"To know your own true worth you've gotta understand that nothin' in this world can affect it."
Copyright © 2003 Simon Heighwaya
I reckon it's something a lot of people struggle with and it's taken me an eternity to figure out!!!
"You are so successful. Don't THINK you are but KNOW you are."
Copyright © 2003 Adrian Sanoguel
"I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.J. --- Vermont
"In between now and then, find the things that shine and let them in."
Copyright © 1995 Jeff Nicholson
"When dealing with adversity never forget the possible intervention of good fortune."
Copyright © 2003 Alan Chow
In a crisis there is a tendency that as the 'sh_t has hit the fan' the circumstances will all be contrary and require action. One always forgets that, as anything unfolds, elements of the positive are present as well as the obvious negative. It is both a matter of perspective and a simple matter of probability. Nothing is all good or all bad.
"It is human nature to get depressed by setbacks, but it is a superhuman task to rise above your circumstances and rewrite your destiny. The one that stands erect and unfazed, in the face of adversity, ultimately leaves the footprints to success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ranjita Ray --- California
"Success is the completion of a worthwhile dream."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Doug Standish --- Missouri
"If you are not a part of the solution, you are a big part of the problem."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ilampooranan P. --- Pondy, India
Most times we focus too much on the problem to find a solution. Four steps to solve it are:
- Face the fact that there is a problemDefine the problem clearlyIdentify a solutionNever talk about the problem again, only the solution
"The Past and Future are yet illusions of the mind; don't dwell on them. "Now" is where you are and "now" is where you will always be!"
Copyright © 2002 N.J. Allen
"Love is not what you expect to get - only what you expect to give - which is everything."
Katherine Hepburn --- Submitted by Meg Jackson --- British Columbia, Canada
Always keep this quote in mind and give love your all.
"The best advice about giving advice, is that we ought to wait for others to ask us for it."
Copyright © 2002 Brian G. Jett
"There are four pillars, on which you can build the platform, to reach the zenith of success: Dedication, Devotion, Discipline,Determination"
Copyright © 2002 Lakkoju Goutam
"If I had only done today what I set out for yesterday, I'd be free tomorrow."
Copyright © 2002 Andy Munthe