"Personal Development Quotes"



"It's very simple to be nice but very hard to be simple. So always be calm and smile, as it doesn't cost a thing."
Written in 2006 by Sunayana Bhatia --- India



"Success is not for the chosen few but rather for the few who choose it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by V.V. --- South Africa



"You can either watch the world turn or make the world turn. Either way, you'll feel it turning."
Written in 2006 by Zohny Zohny --- New York
Sometimes we want to hide because things are not going our way. We need to learn to make them go our way.





"When you find your purpose, when you find your passion, you will find yourself truly living."
Written in 2006 by Rabbit T. --- Washington



"If you don't have peace of mind, you don't have yourself."
Copyright © 2006 Isreal Henry
Sometimes we as people lose control or drive ourselves crazy over situations that are either out of our league or what we can control. Some come from people that don't allow us to stay focus or be ourselves. It's necessary to take the time out, to get yourself straight and under control, because if not, you'll lose yourself.



"The greatest gift to a child is to plant and caringly nurture the seed of greatness in him/her."
Written in 2006 by Titi Oyenuga --- Saskatchewan, Canada



"There is a broad distinction between character and reputation, for one may be destroyed by slander, while the other can never be harmed, save by its possessor. Reputation is in no man's keeping. You and I cannot determine what other men shall think and say about us. We can only determine what they ought to think of us and say about us."
Josiah Gilbert Holland



"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
Marcel Proust



"Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself."
Robert Collier



"Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe --- Submitted by Ankur Bhardwaj --- India



"Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Milad Farah --- Lebanon



"Fate is building a bridge of chance for someone you love."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Creisthin Mojado --- Philippines
From the movie "My Sassy Girl"



"If you find good in others, you will ultimately find good in yourself."
Copyright © 2006 Amy Goble
This is something I came up with in an effort to motivate my office staff to focus on the positive rather than the faults of others that bring us down.



"For any good relationship to last, there needs be three C's; Communication, Commitment, and Compromise."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Abraham Lindo --- Jamaica
Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell - Jamaica shared this quote with me.



"It is better to be alone than to be with someone and feel more alone than you ever could on your own."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sacha Simms --- West Virginia
Something I said to someone who felt like they just absolutely had to share their life with someone else. I felt like everyone could relate to this at one time or another in their life.



"Next time, before you say something to someone, think twice. Because what you say can make their day!"
Written in 2006 by Janantha Marasinghe --- Sri Lanka



"If something miserable happens, stay positive and move on through life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Connor P. --- Ohio



"Envy is ambition turned upside down."
Copyright © 2006 Zachary Long



"The most important thing is what you believe about yourself and not what others say about you. If every one of us listened to what people said about him/her, he/she would live a mad life."
Written in 2006 by Wael Majzoub --- Lebanon



"A smile is the most potent weapon, in times of adversity."
Written in 2006 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India



"It's nice to be nice."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.L. --- Michigan
From the mouth of my late Minister of Music, Jimmy Dowell (J.D)