"26 Quotes About Improving Yourself"
"Beauty of the heart is better than that of the face because it bears good fruits."
Written in 2009 by Tawanda Masango --- Mozambique
I don't want people to be deceived by looks but rather search the inner soul because that is what determines a lasting relationship.
"The meaning of life: Have a heart, or have the heart!"
Written in 2009 by Sekola Phakoe --- Lesotho
I realized that that's the way life is: you either have a heart, show compassion, be loving, giving, and so on or you have the heart to do what you (may) have to! Your choice determines who you are, and GIVES you your life!
"You have a choice! You ALWAYS, have a choice!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kaylyn E. --- Washington
I remember being a Junior in High School and my Art teacher telling the class this. I was going through a lot of person struggles at the time with family and it just really hit home for me. An example he gave us was you can have parents who drink and do drugs and slap each other around and you can choose to become just like that OR you can change your circumstances by making a choice because "You have a choice! You ALWAYS, have a choice." You can let life eat you alive or you can take a stance and nip it in the butt before it nips you!
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done."
Marian Wright Edelman
"Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it."
Ralph Marston
"Anger is the second name to failure and married to foolishness."
Written in 2009 by Loltome Joses --- Kenya
To help myself not to act in anger.
"Perfection should be a pleasant surprise, not an expectation."
Written in 2009 by Jared Scott ---South Africa
"Life is so short when you think about it. Don't waste time thinking about the little things that add up because they become a pile and a wall that you can't break down!!!"
Copyright © 2009 Marion Licchiello
"One of the greatest feelings in life is the conviction that you have lived the life you wanted to live - with the rough and the smooth, the good and the bad - and that yours was shaped by your own choices and not by someone else's."
Copyright © 2009 George Wachira
"When you see the dead end of the road, take a 'U' turn, and start the journey again. It's only 'U' who can turn life's path in your own way."
Copyright © 2009 Swapnil Phansekar
"Your 'Past' is not your pass to fail. Do not allow what happened to you minutes ago, days ago, weeks ago, months ago or years ago be the reason for you not to strive toward success for your life. Stop looking for reasons to fail or find fault for your lacking and slacking. Your past is past, your present is present and your future is all in your hands."
Copyright © 2009 Antonio Talbert
"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you... not because they are not, but because you are nice."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deepali Saini --- India
"It's not what she says that matters; it's what YOU say that matters!"
Written in 1995 by Pamela Palmer --- Hawaii
"Fear is not given; it is a choice."
Written in 2009 by Felicia Nunnery --- Mississippi
Because many of us allow fear to come into our hearts and minds.
"Life is not all made up of pleasant pastures and cooling streams, Trial and disappointment overtake us; privation comes; we are brought into trying places."
E.G. White --- Submitted by Valentine Benjamin --- South Africa
Life is not only about good things; even bad things are there. Expect the unexpected.
"Love is like pulling teeth; it hurts to let go but it gets better as you go."
Written in 2009 by Rissa A. --- Wisconsin
"It is Nice to be Beautiful but it is more Beautiful to be Nice."
Written in 2009 by Nohma Kaaki --- UAE
"A lyric is glorified with a touch of music and a dialogue is beautified with a touch of smile."
Copyright © 2009 Pramod Kumar Sharma
Daily I write a quotation on the black board. My job is to deliver lectures and to make my lectures more effective, I smile in between.
"We've all got embers within us that need to be blown into flame and what better wind than praise and compliments can do just that? Compliment someone today."
Copyright © 2009 Stanley Anukege
With all the attention I'm currently receiving, just because of my submissions, I feel like my embers are blazing like a giant fire, brightening up the world.
"Love is an obstacle course that no one can master, no matter how many times they run it."
Written in 2009 by Kristianne B. --- England
Was having difficulties with my boyfriend at the time and thought, no matter how many times you fall in love, you may learn from the experiences but you will never master the concept as every time it's different.
"That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy."
George Foreman --- Submitted by Lauren Covington --- New Jersey
"We may do anything to live a life but it's only personal relations that shape our life ...and only then we can say...wow it's my life."
Written in 2009 by Pranjal Borbora --- India
I feel this when I have to give more time to my profession then my personal life...relations really mean a lot.
"Look well into yourself; there is a source of strength, which will always spring if you will always look there."
Copyright © 2009 Valentine Benjamin
"Strange thing about the rain... it reveals all of the leaks."
Written in 2009 by Mary Ellen Smith --- Georgia
We've experienced lots of rain this early autumn... My thought process to this quote was thinking on sunny days... all is well and we put off things that we need to fix. We all agree... I'll do it tomorrow. It is only in the rainy times that reveal what needs to be fixed in us and we realize we cannot delay fixing it any longer. That is a powerful realization if we act on it.
"Change is the rule of the Nature."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Swati A. --- India
If you want to change things, don't expect others to change, rather you change yourself first and you will be surprised to see the change around you.