"Personal Growth Quotes"
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"The finest steel must endure the hottest fire."
Richard Nixon --- Submitted by H.P. --- California
"The people in one's life are like the pillars on one's porch you see life through. And sometimes they hold you up, and sometimes they lean on you and sometimes it is just enough to know that they are standing by."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gwyneth Fallis --- Connecticut
"Under normal conditions, if you have time and belief, you can to do anything that you are capable to imagine."
Copyright © 1989 Toufic Saliba
"Sobriety of thought, this I've learned, is the ability to choose what you would think on. This I've seen as the method to reorient your thinking for success."
Copyright © 2000 Edison Stephen
"There are three kinds of people in the world; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen, and those that stand around wondering what the heck is happening. Which one do you want to be?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Steve J. --- New York
"If it ain't broken, break it."
Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric --- Submitted by Matt Pavlinsky --- Australia
REALITY
Don't dwell on what was
Accept what is and think
Of what could be.
Limits are made by us and
Therefore are not unchangeable.
The heavens are limitless
The sea knows no bounds.
So it can be if YOU
Make it your REALITY.
Copyright © 1983 Robert H. Balogh
"If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help."
John F. Kennedy Submitted by Jamie Benedum --- Illinois
"I am one of those people who loves the why of things."
Catherine the Great --- Submitted by K.K. --- Colorado
"I've tried 99 times and I failed, but on the 100th try, came success."
Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Khanh N., --- Pennsylvania
"Arrows of hate have been shot at me too, but they have never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world with which I have no connection whatsoever."
Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Jay Francisco --- California
"To know someone here or there with whom you feel there is understanding, in spite of distances or thoughts unexpressed; that can make of this earth a garden."
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe --- Submitted by Lei L. --- Hawaii
"One who worries about becoming successful is one who dreams about becoming successful."
Copyright © 1995 Trey Austin --- Texas
"Success is not found, Failure is not fatal, Courage is all there is."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nardia Streat --- Queensland, Australia
"The Past Is Obsolete, The Future Is Uncertain, The Present Is Important"
Copyright © 1996 Jill McPartland
"If you're feeling like the world is against you or if you're feeling that you are all alone and the future suddenly looks unsure, just remember that you control your destiny. Live for the moment, tomorrow may never come. Think positive, things will start to turn around. I'm now. I will turn the corner soon. Just ride it out. Things will get better again."
Copyright © 2000 Phil Colon
"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."
Josh Billings --- Submitted by Jennifer Yontz --- Florida
"Be remembered as the fireball in the sky, not as a birthday candle."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by --- Alex Maclay
"Let your failures fuel you and your successes guide you."
Copyright © 2000 Bryan K. Bullock --- Indiana
"I don't think that any individual can survive unless he/she is willing to take those mistakes they've made, extract as many lessons as possible from them, and then apply those lessons to his/her life. Without this, all mistakes are in vain."
Copyright © 2000 Andy Hill --- Oregon
"Live now, for now will never come again."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kayla V., Age 11 --- Washington
"Love cures people;
Both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it."
Karl Menniger --- Submitted by Kim T. --- Kansas
"Think of our business as a giant wheel and each employee as a spoke in this giant wheel. If all the spokes don't work together, this giant wheel will not go too far down the road of success."
Copyright © 2000 W. Hulst-Perry --- Minnesota
"Yesterday's touchdown doesn't count in today's game."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chip Mills --- Virginia
"In life, no one ever fails, but we postpone success and we are definite to make it the next time."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Thokozani Mvelase --- Gauteng, South Africa
"Every disappointment gives you an opportunity to make another appointment."
Copyright © 1997 Babatunde Ayoola Fajimi --- Lagos, Nigeria
"Do not grieve over past mistakes. Learn from them and move on."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.S. --- Cebu, Philippines
"You can't solve a problem that you don't own."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Judy M.M. --- Michigan
"In order to get where you want to be, sometimes you have to do what you don't want to do."
Quinn McRae --- Submitted by Jay Mack --- Texas
"If you only knew how hard I worked, you wouldn't call me a genius."
Michelangelo --- Submitted by Matt Anderson --- Virginia
"This is a good reminder for all of us that enjoy talking with others: The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
Dorothy Nevill --- Submitted by Kirk Scherz --- Washington
"You can see how people having the ability to succeed look. Stand in front of a mirror!"
Copyright © 2000 Kostas Stamkos --- Greece
"Success is more about attitude than aptitude."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Mark Ryland --- United Kingdom
"If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy."
Leo Buscaglia --- Submitted by Jelena T. --- Ontario, Canada
"If you think something you did yesterday is great, you haven't accomplished anything today."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kevin R. --- Nebraska
"Excellence is not being the best; it's doing your best."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Susan B. --- Texas
"Failure breeds success!"
Copyright © 1998 Stephen Trussell --- West Sussex, United Kingdom
"Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that one profound decision which can change a life, or even a nation, is those hundreds of half-conscious, self-defining, seemingly insignificant decisions made in private. Habit is the daily battleground of character."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rob Henry --- U.S. Military, Germany
"Go through life as if it's the only one you will ever have."
Copyright © 2000 Shaun Connolly --- Ontario, Canada
"Success is 10% mechanics and 90% attitude. Your altitude is determined by your attitude."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Scott LaFrance --- Virginia
"When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by B. E. Lee --- Ontario, Canada
"When you resort to attacking the messenger and not the message, you have lost the debate."
Addison Whithecomb --- Sent in by Mike Corthell
"There comes a time when you have to step up to the plate - and begin to take control of your own destiny. I believe my time is NOW !!!"
Copyright © 1999 Stacey Charter --- Pennsylvania
"Heroes are merely men who do extraordinary things during extraordinary times."
Jeremy P. Roland
"The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me."
Abraham Lincoln --- Sent in by Stephen Tsien --- United Kingdom
"If your not fired with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm."
Vince Lombardi --- Sent in by Matthew Waters --- New Jersey
"It takes neither courage nor intelligence to cheer for a team only when that team wins. The true test of a fan's mettle is the same as it is for a player: Were you there when you were needed?"
Ian Wilson --- Sent in by Mike G. --- Michigan
"The team that trains together, stays together."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Alex Maclay
"If you are aware of your weaknesses and are constantly learning, your potential is virtually limitless. You can build something that will be a legacy."
Jay Sidhu --- Sent in by Brian McKay --- Manitoba, Canada
"Success is not happiness, rather happiness is success."
Deepak Parekh, CEO, HDFC Ltd. --- Sent in by Rajeev Mahajan --- Haryana, India
A Little Bit More
We recall the kind old grocer, when the sugar he would pour,
How he tipped the scales to balance,
And then he would add a little bit more.
His business how it prospered, folks were always in his store,
Because he gave an honest measure,
Then he would add a little bit more.
So it is with life my friends, we would write a better score,
If after we've done all that's expected of us...
If we would add a little bit more.
Marlin Hawkins --- Sent in by Brad Baker --- Tennessee
"There is no need to worry, be prepared instead."
Copyright © 2000 Mike Corthell
"A closed door isn't always locked."
Copyright © 2000 Jordan Williams --- Pennsylvania
"Do not live in the dreams of others, because you will never get a chance to live in yours."
Copyright © 2000 Orlando Echevarria --- Connecticut
"Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the greatest challenge; the best thing that ever happened to you. The more difficult the problem, the greater the challenge in working it out."
Grace Speare --- Sent in by Jennifer Yontz --- Florida
"Beliefs that do not cause you to grow outward, are only slogans that will shrivel you inward."
Copyright © 1999 Jack Franklin --- Tennessee
"What you find depends on what you look for."
Copyright © 1999 Karen Brammell --- New Jersey
"Forgiving someone is freeing yourself to love and showing that someone what love is. You cannot have love without freedom. Forgive yourself and all those who wrong you, and you will find you love yourself and you have enough love to spare for anyone who needs it. Love without forgiveness is not love."
Guelph --- Ontario, Canada
"The secret to achieve true success is found in your daily routine."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Ken Purdy --- Nova Scotia, Canada
"People may say you are going the wrong way, when it is simply a path of your own."
Marion R. --- California
"When you think you can do something, then it's probably too easy. It's only when you think you can't do something, that it becomes a challenge. The mind always gives up before the body."
Copyright © 2000 Luke Rosenberg --- Great Britain
"To have a friend, is to invite someone closer and closer to the sacred chamber of the heart. To be a friend, is to tread softly there. Thank you for being a friend."
Copyright © 2000 Martha Varzaly --- Pennsylvania
"When life throws you lemons, make lemonade."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Kelly Hale --- Brisbane, Australia
"It's the thing you do, that you don't have to do, that will always determine the difference when it's too late to do anything about it."
Jackie B. Cooper --- Sent in by Danny Couch
"Success is not measured by what one brings, but rather by what one leaves."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Mark Kruiver --- Netherlands
"It's what we learn - after we know it all - that really counts!"
Copyright © 2000 Kirk Scherz --- Washington
"Say what you mean, and mean what you say, but don't be mean when you say it."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Donna Boyd --- United Kingdom
"There are two ways to get rich: You can earn more or you can require less."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Mike Chambless --- Oregon
"If you don't want to be stereotyped, don't fit labels. Be who you are, and don't live up to others expectations. Live up to your own."
Copyright © 2000 Rhiannon Volpe
"Whatever I have in my hands is not; whatever I give others is mine."
An Indian farmer --- Sent in by Rajeev Mahajan --- India
"You don't have to be perfect to be better."
Michael Newborn --- Illinois
"Victory always goes to the most persevering."
Napoleon --- Sent in by Adam --- New York
"Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard."
Anonymous --- Contributed by Kristi P., --- Maryland
"Sprinkle smiles along your way."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Leigh Ann Spurlin --- Tennessee
"No one's going anywhere unless we're all going there together."
My softball coach, Heidi --- Sent in by Emily, Age 19 --- Illinois
"In order for us to live our personal vision of success, we must first untie the knots that limit our opportunities for success."
Copyright © 2000 Ty Howard --- Maryland
"Do what you do best, and pay for the rest!"
Copyright © 1979 Dale E. Statson --- Michigan
"Success is not found in the achievement of a goal, but in the awareness and harnessing of the skills and abilities we possess."
Michelle Cadorette --- Submitted by Jay Gargas --- New Hampshire
"Talent is God given....Be Thankful! Fame is Man given...Be Humble! Conceit is Self given...Be Careful!!"
Josh Davis - US Olympic Swimming team member --- Submitted by Lance Huber --- Kentucky
"Raise your life and level of service from the ordinary to the EXTRAordinary."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Kirk Scherz --- Washington
"The best gift you can give is a hug; one size fits all and nobody ever minds if you return it."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Tim Dank
"Time is my worst enemy, but hope and faith are my heroes."
Copyright © 2000 Roosevelt Hodges Jr. --- New York
"My level of success and significance will always be equal to my level of exposure to ridicule and rejection."
Copyright © 1999 Hank Leung --- Virginia
"It's easier to fly if you take things lightly."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Megan Brooks --- Pennsylvania
"The size of your success depends on depth of your desire."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Anand M. Pardhi
"Dreams are renewable. As long as we keep them alive within us, they are always within reach."
Copyright © 1999 C. Marshall --- Texas
"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed."
Copyright © 1999 Ray Goforth, Labor Lawyer and Human Rights Activist
"Those who stare at the past have their backs turned to the future."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Kirk Scherz --- Washington
For the Taker
"To the Taker, Give... and Give... and Give. Sure like the Sun after every Moon, you will eventually receive."
Bernie Lau --- Singapore
"Life is life. You can go through it cruisin', or you can go through it bummin'. It's your choice."
Scott Fischer (Mt. Everest climber) --- Sent in by D.G. --- Texas
"If you don't liked to be stroked, don't be a violin."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Jonathan Zhe --- New York
"Stretch until it hurts."
Copyright © 1999 Terry Peterson --- St. Maarten
"If you don't take a chance, you don't have a chance!"
Copyright © 1999 Steve Rusnak --- New Jersey
"It's all in your attitude."
Copyright © 1999 Rosbel Cruz --- Texas