"Self Improvement Quotes"
"Hard words leave a negative impact and jeopardize your image. Spoken words cannot be swallowed back. But if you dilute your anger and anxiety, and mix some humour and humbleness in your talking, then you can say anything with an expectation of a positive response in return."
Written in 2010 by Krishna Sadh --- India
"Dab some perfume of love and kindness; let your fragrance linger wherever you go."
Written in 2011 by Caroline Naoroji--- Virginia
"Life is beautiful when you open your heart, mind and eyes."
Written in 2011 by Shakena Williams --- North Carolina
"We spend our days waiting for the ideal path to appear in front of us but what we forget is that paths are made by walking not by waiting."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anthony Djan Osign --- Ghana
"When you have been through things in life you learn from them, rise above them and learn what is worth it and what isn't. There will always be someone trying to push your buttons or play dumb with you. Always remember that you have risen above them not to end up under them. Learn to let it go, shrug it off, see how bright you really are and enjoy life."
Written in 2011 by Renee Scalfani --- Massachusetts
"Anyone who wants to be a friend of success should only measure his life in seconds, not days."
Written in 2009 by Akinyande Ayomide --- Nigeria
"There is a certain mentality that prevents us from reflecting on our own reality. We tend to live our lives in a fantasy, waiting on some future gratuity, when in actuality we are denying ourselves the happiness that the present has afforded us."
Written in 2011 by Easton Leiba --- Jamaica
"Sometimes we need to just breathe, let go... I have found the key to the best things happening is to Dream your dreams, Release worry, Trust wholeheartedly In God. This is the time you really will have "It done to you" and good things and needs are just placed right in front of you... just happens when you need it. Free yourself... Life Is So Very Good!"
Written in 2011 by Diane Masi --- Pennsylvania
"When we say thank you, we are instantly rewarded with the gift of feeling great!"
Written in 2011 by Michelle W. Seamons --- Utah
"We must take time to get our basic needs met. We MUST do this. We cannot be good to anyone else until we are good to ourselves."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aimee R. --- Minnesota
"The measure of true self-worth is comparing what you're giving out to what you potentially could offer."
Written in 2010 by Michael Bamgbose --- Nigeria
It helps me to know that ALL humans possess more than what they think they possess.
"Self Respect is eating clean. Fuel your body with the goodness it deserves!"
Written in 2010 by Aaron Forsyth --- Australia
Many of my clients love this quote, as proper nutrition is vital to ones well being.
"Your problem is never really your problem. Your reaction to your problem is your problem."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chander Shekher Arora --- India
I have seen a common theme in people; they always focus on their problems instead of their reactions.
"Commitment is the foundation for lasting results."
Written in 2011 by Meyer Leibovitch --- Maryland
"Change is only constant in life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shridatta Nadajoshi --- India
Read it twice.
"When you gripe or complain about the things that you don't have, remember there are people who are worse off than you and they don't complain. They live life day by day with what they have, so be glad you have what you have. Life is what you make of it, so smile and thank God that you are blessed because not everybody is."
Written in 2011 by Carmen Arias --- New Mexico
"You want and you get, that is luck. You want and you wait, that is time. You want but you compromise, that is life. You want, you wait and you do not compromise, that is success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rakhi Suneja --- India
"When your close friends don't believe in what you do, don't conclude that you are not good. Try it with a different audience."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Margarita Gondwe --- Zambia
"Face it if you have to, because you must!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kiplimo Chemirmir --- Texas
"In a situation where someone is mad or even furious at you, and even though you feel you did nothing wrong in your eyes, in theirs, you did and their feelings are what counts... In that specific situation, their feelings at that point in time, are more important that yours. The best thing you can do is humbly say you're sorry and deflate the situation... EVERYONE BENEFITS!"
Written in 2010 by Rich Barnes --- Massachusetts
"Success? Don't you know it is all about being able to extend love to people? Not in a big, capital letter sense, but in the everyday sense, little by little, task by task, gesture by gesture, word by word."
Ralph Fiennes --- Submitted by George Wachirah --- Kenya
"If you can't love life, you have never learned to love yourself."
Written in 2011 by David Robinson --- Ireland
"The person that you blame is the person that you empower over your destiny."
Written in 2011 by Shavoris Brown --- Georgia
"Appear like your origination or become how to be seen."
Rumi --- Submitted by Ismailov Kakhramon --- Uzbekistan
(translation is mine)
"Challenge yourself to go beyond the easy, comfortable generalizations and put in the effort to be specific. When you're clear about where you're going, you'll get there."
From the words of Chankya --- Submitted by N.Jambunathan --- India