"Personal Development Quotes"



"What comes out from the heart is true and what is left hidden inside hurts."
Written in 2007 by Mayur Jethwa --- United Kingdom



"Your mind is the door to new opportunities. When it is open, you can get from one thought to another; when it is closed, you are trapped."
Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
I find that when I'm open to new things life happens... when I'm not, life is stagnant. I always keep an open mind.



"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation."
William H. Sheldon



"Image is nothing...SELF-IMAGE IS EVERYTHING."
Written in 2007 by Nichol Meredith --- Maryland
To encourage others to focus more on how they feel about and see themselves and use that as "the gauge" for who and where they want to be. Don't let others determine that for you. You control how people perceive you...bigger, better, stronger, smarter. So whatever image you want people to have of you, IMAGINE yourself that way.



"Rising and falling is a talent already within us. It started before we could walk or run."
Written in 2007 by Winnie Cemat Sharp --- California
To inspire!



"The gossip that hurts us the most is the gossip that gets back to us, which originated from us."
Copyright © 2007 Brian G. Jett



"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."
Michael Jordan



"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power."
Clint Eastwood



"There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't."
Leo Buscaglia



"One will break down the walls once one summons enough inner conviction that he is capable of facing himself."
Copyright © 2007 Francisco Leon
I realize now that my circumstances are a product of my own.



"First pretend to yourself that you are happy, slowly it becomes your habit and finally it becomes your character."
Written in 2007 by V. Sudha --- India



"No difficulty is permanent; the time will pass so believe in oneself."
V.K. Chamlikar --- Submitted by Pravin Chamlikar --- India
Whenever I get depressed my father says this to me and I always get the confidence.



"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky



"No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees."
Amelia Earhart



"No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change."
Barbara De Angelis



"Your life is just simply a reflection of you, just as a mirror shows you exactly what you are. So in order to change the image that is perceived, you must change the person who perceives the image and your life will be forced to follow!"
Written in 2007 by Jeremy M. --- North Carolina
I feel that it all begins with you and you must be the change that you wish to see in yourself!



"Do whatever it takes to keep your mind at perfect peace. I have found that it's not too hard when we keep pushing wrong thoughts and words out rather than trying to push people around."
Written in 2007 by Prerana Srinivasan --- India



"To do what you like is Freedom & to like what you do is Happiness."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ameya Dharap --- India