"Personal Development Quotes"
"Look at people; recognize them, accept them as they are, without wanting to change them."
Helen Beginton
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."
Peter Ustinov
"Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged."
Helen Keller
"Love can build a fire off a spark of romance but will burn out quickly if there is no wood."
Copyright © 1995 Lindsey Choate
I wrote this in an 8th grade English paper and I remember my teacher commenting in the margins, "I wish I had written this..." I didn't know at the time how applicable this quote would be for the rest of my life! It is so easy to "think" you are in love and let things burn out of control, but if you do not take the time to get to know each other and build a foundation the "fire" will quickly extinguish!
"Never leave the one you love, for the one you like, because the one you like could leave you for the one they love."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.F. --- California
I think we all go through this at some point in our relationships, when someone new comes into our lives and takes an interest in us, and your current relationship isn't doing so great; the thought of leaving the one you love for this new adventure may cross your mind.
"There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world."
Oscar Hammerstein II
"Success is born from doing the things others can't be bothered to do."
Copyright © 2004 Rachael Bermingham
"You can elevate yourself much higher by reaching for the future instead of grasping for the past!"
Copyright © 2006 Tom Kotowski
"Everybody makes mistakes; that's why pencils have erasers!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Medha Porwal --- India
"If you don't change your environment, you will become a product of it."
Terrence Thomas BA CCJP --- Submitted by S M --- West Virginia
I really feel that this quote has helped me in my recovery. Everyday I look in the mirror and see what my personal environment has done to me...and I strongly believe if I don't change, I will continue to be a product of it.
"Don't ever quit smiling, even when times are tough. If you force yourself to be happy, pretty soon you won't be forcing yourself at all."
Written in 2006 by Cheral Dekle --- South Dakota
"If you aren't listening, then you probably shouldn't be talking."
Written in 2006 by Mike Perras --- Canada
I am a college teacher and use this personal quote on students all the time. http://www.extremelistening.com/21rules.htm
"In a world of everybody
Anybody can be somebody
But somebody has to make up his mind
Not to be everybody
Because everybody cannot be somebody.
Written in 2005 by Mabadeje Abiodun
"It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny."
Anthony Robbins
"Be openminded. You just never know when you'll get an opportunity to broaden your horizons."
Copyright © 2006 Julianne Buckingham
I'm constantly striving to become a more well rounded person. I wrote this down to remind me that I can learn from any situation.
"What you do today will determine where you stand tomorrow. If the roots are weak, the tree will fall down. Create a strong foundation."
Copyright © 2004 Nathaniel Peat
"The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live."
Flora Whittemore
"Imagine life as a game, juggling of five balls named Family, Friends, Health, Spirit and Work. You have to keep all of them in air at a time. Soon you realize that Work is a rubber ball; if you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made up with glass - if you drop any one of them, they will be irrevocably nicked, scuffed, damaged or even shattered."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bhushan Kumar Musuku --- India
I came to know when I was studying in IIT ROORKEE. It specified that it's from Coke's CEO speech.
"Life is always easy until we go through something and then we think that everything is bad, but we can't hold on to that. All we can do is just move on, so let's just move forward and STOP looking back and regretting decisions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jonlyn Bell --- Georgia
"Beauty: With the gift of beauty comes an incredible responsibility. The one to let it shine out and give it back."
Copyright © 2006 Aline Hanle