"Self Improvement Quotes"
"There is no future in the past, so let's make the future and live the present."
Written in 2009 by Pratul Shrivastava --- India
"Appreciate life itself, even if it is not a bed of roses. Contentment is not the fulfillment what you wish for, but appreciation of what you have."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Comrade Louis Chioke --- Nigeria
I really want people to get encouraged. Bad times don't last for eternity but for a while. Things are not what they seem!
"The key to world peace is a short memory. Forget who wronged you and what was done and you'll never have another disagreement."
Written by Richard E. Leonetti --- Illinois
I've repeated it often to my children and friends throughout the years.
"When you speak of someone or about someone, you should speak as though they were in the room with you. The ears that you speak to today are attached to the mouth that could relay the message tomorrow."
William 'Biddy' Allen --- Submitted by Narayan T.V. --- India
"Everyday, think as you wake up: Today l am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself to expand my heart out to others for the benefit of all beings."
Tenzin Gyasto --- Submitted By George Wachirah --- Kenya
"We must be kind and giving to ourselves first to feel so full of self love that it is effortless to give to others."
Copyright © 2010 Marita Manalo Domingo
I'm just so Happy to be Alive!
"Discipline is learning how to say no to yourself."
Written in 2010 by Raymond C. Nolan --- Alabama
"Confront that which frightens you. Befriend that which offends you. Be critical of that which praises you and be wary of that which pleases you."
Copyright © 2010 Basil O. Ibebunjo
From my book "Bits of Life's Strategy"
"The past is never passed for it helps you today to surpass."
Written in 2010 by Muzaireen Muzafar --- Malaysia
"A person become an adult when he thinks he has not only rights to do good things but also bad things."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rahul Sharma --- India
"Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder."
Eberhard Arnold --- Submitted by Mike Scullin --- New York
"Parenthood is a sacred charge to bring up a child without putting him/her down."
Written in 2010 by Sifo Oniti --- Nigeria
"Don't stress over anything that you can't change."
Written in 2008 by Cedric Johnson Jr. --- Oregon
I selected this passage because so many people go into depression over things that can't be changed or replaced. Therefore we find ourselves in a place of guilt and regret instead of looking and evaluating the situation, thinking to yourself and asking, "How can I make this better so that it won't happen again? Or how can I make this situation, this burden, help me realize that it's not all that bad?"
"If we offer ourselves as volunteers to help others, we will never face adversity."
Copyright © 2010 Pramod Kumar Sharma
We need such people because nowadays people are busy in their own affairs only. They don't seem to care about victims of accidents and it is very painful.
"Once I started seeing through the eyes of my heart, instead of a socially conditioned lens, things started to transform dramatically."
Jonathan Mead --- Submitted by Lauren Covington --- New Jersey
"You don't control who comes into your life but you can control who stays."
Written in 2010 by Sbongile Tshabalala --- South Africa
I said these words to a friend of mine and they made sense and I got a deep understanding of what they mean.
"An immature man wishes to die for a cause while a mature man wants to live humbly for one."
Plato --- Submitted by John Fisher --- Texas
"When we're kind & good to people, they look at us like we're weak but we are stronger than them; that's why we're nice."
Written in 2010 by Renee Scalfani --- Massachusetts
I thought of this because so many nice people are taken for granted or thought of as weak individuals for our kindness when we are truly strong people wanting to share.
"Don't try to argue with those who are nervous. If you are very sure that no positive results will happen, close your mouth and try to listen with an easy mind because He/She is not going to change. By doing so, at least you'll be in a state of Joy."
Written in 2010 by Geo Kannankulam --- India
"Don't hate the one who gets you back on track when you skid off the path!! They got slowed down too, trying to rescue you."
Written in 2010 by Nickiesha Linton --- Canada
Written when a family member kept sounding ungrateful for the help that the family rendered.
"Each time you remember the truth of who you are, you bring more light into the world."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by George Wachirah --- Kenya
"To laugh at yourself, is to love yourself."
Written in 2010 by Rita DeCelles --- Kentucky
It is simple and is easy to understand.