"Self Improvement Quotes"
"Life can hit hard. Sometimes you get knocked down when you don't even see it coming. Some are cheap shots, some are glancing blows and some can bring you to your knees. When this happens, it's not about how hard you get hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, but still find the strength to keep moving forward. It's about having the will to continue in spite of the obstacles."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chanaka Bandaranayake --- China
I keep this in one of my folders. I keep reading it whenever I feel down and email to my friends when they feel down too. It has given me Confidence + Trust + Hope to move forward in life and to be positive.
"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."
Steve Jobs --- Submitted by Lauren C. --- New Jersey
"Thou shall always speak in a respectful tone when around strangers; sometimes some strangers are God's angels in human form that are sent from above to assist us in time of difficulty, but leave us to act on our own because we behave in obscene manners. In other words, respect is a universal key; your respect will unlock every locked door."
Copyright © 2009 Larispique Philidor
"Never tear down a fence until you know why it was raised."
Robert Frost
"The person who isn't interested in his fellow beings has the greatest difficulties in life and also creates the greatest damage to others."
Alfred Adler
"Do everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way."
Gurudev Yogi Amrit Desai
"I am tough, but I am sympathetic. I am resilient, but I may lose my composure. I am invincible, but sometimes I have my weaknesses."
Written in 2009 by Renee Francesca Villanueva --- Philippines
"To forgive and forget means never bringing back an issue that was resolved, back to the surface."
Written in 2009 by Lucy M. Garcia --- Georgia
"If you truly believe that you write the tale of your own life, then the end is up to you."
Written in 2009 by Valentine Benjamin --- South Africa
"It only takes one deciding factor to change your entire life! And to think it's only a three letter word! Y-O-U!!!"
Written in 2010 by Holly McCutcheon --- North Carolina
My life was going nowhere until I looked in the mirror and told myself this year would be different and I would make a difference for ME... because no one else is going to live MY life.
"Whatever may be falsely fixed in our mind as too late to heal is the surest sign that the quality of today's beginning is sufficient to free you of regret. A single stone slung in love killed one big lie and set many free. In short, Goliath was a mere distraction."
Copyright © 2010 Brian G. Jett
"Society gives us one standard: The Unattainable. Why strive for the unattainable when I know I am part of the six and a half billion standards that already make the world inimitable?"
Copyright © 2010 Troy A. Roness
Take care, stay strong and God Bless!
I am what I am.
Not what you like to think I am.
Not what you want me to be.
I am me.
Written in 2009 by M. Pring --- Australia
"We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world."
Howard Zinn --- Submitted by George Wachirah
"Bring out the best in everyone and the best comes back to you."
Written in 2009 by Dr. Vaibhav Lunkad --- India
"I don't play with people's emotions... because I wouldn't want anybody playing with mine."
Written in 2009 by Martell White --- Michigan
"Like a 'Coin Diver', dive within and come-up with a Pearl named 'YOU'."
Written in 2009 by Sachin Grover --- India
It has made a difference to my life.
"There are 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, or 31,536,000 seconds in a year. As the seconds tick away, are you wasting time counting seconds or making every second count?"
Written in 2009 by Jerome Alvarez --- Philippines
"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things."
John Burroughs --- Submitted by Lauren Covington --- New Jersey
"Don't ever forget, you have to go through the tough, tumultuous times before you reach true peaceful harmony... anything too easy is a facade."
Jason Lipoff --- Submitted by Sharon Rubin --- Florida
"When we fall down in life, we must try as much as we can to rise up. But we should know that rising up or how we rise up on our feet is not important but rather what we pick from the ground when rising up."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Afreh Yeboah Gyamfuah --- Ghana
Making a mistake is not that important but what is important is what we learn from our mistakes when we make them.
"We should never change our caring ways or stop showing compassion for people we care for just because they shut us out. Because one day, they will see we have been there from afar."
Copyright © 2009 Renee Scalfni
We all have someone in life that pushes us away when all we want is to be there for them.
"When life is not streaming in the direction that you may want it to lead you, all will soon come to light and stream you forward. Create a love fortress. Love and be loved."
Copyright © 2009 Noca Spice
"Don't let your emotions control your personality; let your personality control your emotions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ronen G. --- Maryland