"Personal Development Quotes"



"You cannot control things that happened around you or to you but you can change how you perceived it."
Lin Hayak --- Submitted by Sazali Sarwan --- Singapore



"Why on earth should you hate yourself when you cannot get another you? Learn to like/love yourself because of who you are."
Written in 2003 by Stella-Tina Ade-Blaize --- United Kingdom



"There will never be a second, a minute, an hour, a day, a week, a month, or a year like this so make the most of it while you still can."
Ginger --- Submitted by Elyria H. --- Florida
Enjoy each second that you get because although the average life span of a man seems long, it won't be any good if it's filled with regret. That I believe is what appreciating each second of your life is about.





"Our duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth."
Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Keerthivasan V. --- India
This is the Quote that I follow& also which made my mind more experienced



Sometimes you want what you have
Sometimes you want what you have not
Sometimes nothing is something
Sometimes something is nothing
It's knowing when the nothing is something that makes you smile!
Copyright © 2007 Mark Koski



"The best way to keep a day is to work hard. The best way to keep a person is to leave a profound impression in his heart."
Written in 2007 by Le Thu Ngan --- Viet Nam



"Don't say you are bad. Say only you are good, but be better."
Swami Vivekanand --- Submitted by Amit Chandak --- India



"What I do best is share my enthusiasm."
Bill Gates



"The only control that we have in life is the control that we NEED; not the control that we WANT. Why not control ourselves to be good people?"
Written in 2007 by JP --- California
This quote came to mind because I was having an inner tantrum about things that were going on in my life. It helped bring me back down to earth.



"When your birthdays start quickly passing you by, always remember...To age gracefully and accept this new day, as a gracious and wonderful gift from God!"
Copyright © 2007 Maria Blanchard



"My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works."
Tiger Woods



"Success is when I add value to myself; significance is when I add value to others."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aslam Durrani --- Texas



Friendship Endures Time

Share true friendship,
Someone you can call on at anytime,
They share in your laughter,
They share your pain,
They understand and believe in you,
They stand with you and share silence,
They stand with you and shed a tear,
They stand with you, always.
Copyright © 2006 Christie Macartney



"Be sure you are right ~ but not too sure everyone else is wrong."
Written in the 70's by Donna (MacFarlane) Riddell --- Canada
After a particularly trying prepubescent time, I wrote this while writing in my journal... ...seemed very wise, and I liked the sounds of it.............so I adopted it as one of my life time mottos.........



"If your past bothers you, it can effect how you think now. If it effects what you do now, it can damage your future. If you look to the future with hope, it will empower your actions now and help you forget the haunting events of the past."
Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble



"Dreams can become a reality but you just have to put them into action."
Written in 2006 by Jonlyn H. --- Georgia



"Nobody can rate you as good or bad. If you think so, it is bad."
Written in 2006 by Tarun Nischal --- India
People want me to rate them and God has not permitted anyone to rate another individual. Before you expect the world to rate you in their good or bad books, know what and how you rate yourself. Self-realization is above everything in life.



"Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments."
Mary Ann Kelty



"Never close your lips to those to whom you have opened your heart."
Charles Dickens



"The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say."
Kahlil Gibran



"Embrace today. Tomorrow it will be gone forever."
Copyright © 2007 Tammy A. Letkeman
My name is Tammy Letkeman, and I live in BC Canada. I came up with this quote while at work tonight actually. One of my residents that have schizophrenia stated that he did not want to participate in our group discussion about family life, that he would rather forget all about it. I then just blurted out, "Embrace today. Tomorrow it will be gone forever", and he said wow Tammy. You are so right, and talked and talked and talked and talked.



"Never hate your enemy because they are part of you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Catherine N. --- Scotland



"If we were all the same, then no one would be able to find Waldo."
Written in 2006 by TM Johnson --- Pennsylvania
Everyone is always looking around at others saying they wish they looked like so and so...when in reality we are all different for a reason and there is beauty in each difference too. As a kid growing up, Waldo was and still is, one of the characters who appears in "Highlights" Magazine, and he was always a blast to find!!! So love yourself for who you are and not who you are not.