"Personal Growth Quotes"



"A real gift comes attached with ribbons, not strings."
Written in 2008 by Raymond C. Nolan --- Alabama
A friend told me that he would give his sister a gift of money if she would do a special favor for his wife. I told him that if that was the case, it really wasn't a gift.



"Relationships and friendships are like glass. So to prevent them from being covered in dust and fog, brushing is required from both sides. If not, the view from one side still remains dusty and foggy."
Written in 2008 by Tanmay M. --- India



"A dead end is only a dead end if you don't have the strength to turn around and find your freeway."
Copyright © 2008 Adam Johnson
Something I wrote to remind myself that even though I might lose, doesn't mean I can't turn around and put things right.





"Life is like a mirror. It's beautiful when you smile at it and becomes sinister when you frown at it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sonia Marwah --- India
I believe in this quote. Life is what we want to make it or the way we treat it.



"Focus on what you appreciate about the other person and not what you want to complain about."
Written in 2008 by Juliet Cabuguang --- Philippines



"A smile and silence are two powerful tools. A smile can solve so many problems and silence can avoid so many problems."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bhavna Singh --- India



"I guess I'm learning, little by little, that we decide what our lives are going to be. Things happen to us, but it is our reactions that matter."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jackie --- New Jersey



"Invest in the life you have to get the life you want."
Rhonda Britten --- Submitted by Amy Bauer --- Illinois



"Happiness has more to do with inside than outside. Don't ever trade it with anything that is outside."
Written in 2007 by Prerana Srinivasan --- India



"Living in the past is like owning a television that only shows reruns."
Copyright © 2008 Raymond C. Nolan
While visiting with an old friend, I noticed that everything we talked about took place many years ago. None of our conversation had anything to do with future opportunities.



"Live today, not yesterday, nor wait for a better tomorrow. You know not what such day may bring."
Copyright © 2008 Molaire Jules



"Silent lips may avoid problems, but smiling lips may solve problems. So always, smile in your journey of life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ram Niwas --- India



"When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire."
Whoopi Goldberg



"There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. It gives warmth and good feeling to all your personal relationships."
Norman Vincent Peale



"Pay no attention to critics. No one ever erected a statue to a critic."
Werner Ehrhart



"My voice has no strength if my actions don't sustain me."
Copyright © 2008 Kathlin L. Panteah



"The people you conspire with, to do any evil, are the same who will tell of your unreliability when you need recommendation. And...they can prove it."
Written in 1992 by Obinna Cedric Agugua --- Nigeria
This thought came to me when I was almost leaving secondary school (1992). I grew up where being able to get away with 'little' evil deeds" seemed like being smart. I was tempted by friends to join the queue but because of the kind of life I wanted to live, I always admonished them and on one such occasion, this just sprang up. I knew one day I might need recommendations and people would expect that recommendations from my closest friends and if there's any evil I've done with them, it could be recalled.



"Every relationship has an expiration date."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gagan Parasher --- India
This quote gives a clear insight and helps you to realize certain facts of life and pulls you out off the things we assume. Note** This quote was not written or stated by me, I read it somewhere and it registered in my mind. My sincere thanks to the person who spoke or wrote such a quote!



"Personality and originality are what it takes to get ahead. Knowledge, education, and wisdom are needed but you must also have a good attitude. Attitude is everything."
Copyright © 2008 Marion Licchiello



"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."
C. S. Lewis --- Submitted by Brian G. Jett --- Kentucky



"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."
Henry Miller



"Some of us don't ask for help because of pride. Please ask for help when you need it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lizzy Oboh --- Nigeria



"When you are alone with only yourself to hold, shouldn't you love the person you're holding?"
Written in 2008 by Tanya Pence --- Michigan
A reminder that we should remember to love ourselves for we are our only guarantee.



"Coins make sounds but currency notes don't so keep your self calm and silent."
Written in 2007 by Chetan Patel --- India
This thought is from my personal diary.



"Be careful what you say to me today, for tomorrow you may wish you had never spoken."
Author Unknown ---Submitted by J.C. --- Virginia
Just be careful what you say to someone because the next day you may regret what you said but it's too late to take it back.



"Laugh loudly, love truly and never regret anything that makes you smile."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rozica Adner --- New York



"The only person you should put on a pedestal is yourself but only if you are willing to put everyone else there with you!"
Written in 2008 by Leanne Carmichael --- Australia
The world we live in is full of people that do not understand just how beautiful and complete they are and try so desperately to rise above others. It's not until we see ourselves in everyone we met, that we will change our lives and find our heaven. Is it not said, that God created us in his image? Then why do we doubt ourselves?