900 Best Personal Growth Quotes: Improve Every Day (2023)
1. “Be humble always and identify with the common man; even when success and achievements want to make you proud.”
2. “You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.”
3. “Dedicate yourself to continuous personal improvement you are your most precious resource.”
4. “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
5. “Self-reflection entails asking yourself questions about your values, assessing your strengths and failures, thinking about your perceptions and interactions with others, and imagining where you want to take your life in the future.” – Robert L. Rosen
6. “Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.”
7. “I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”
8. “We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
9. “My personal growth stems from the humility with which I navigate the world, namely with a reverence for all of the knowledge that I’ve yet to learn but that is out there available to me.” – Gad Saad
10. “The only way to achieve success is to constantly work on yourself and your skills.”
11. “The highest reward for one’s toil is not what one gets for it, but what one becomes by it.”
12. “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” - Confucius
13. “A man who finds no satisfaction in himself will seek for it in vain elsewhere.”
14. “Don’t push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.”
15. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – C.G. Jung
16. “The difference between success and mediocrity is all in the way you think.”
17. “To grow yourself, start from knowing yourself.” – Anonymous
18. “Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.”
19. “If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.”
20. “I don’t count the days, I make the days count!”
21. “Why resist change when it’s the main source of your growth?”
22. “Life improvement begins with self-improvement.”
23. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” - Malala Yousafzai
24. “Let the unsolved worries sit and unfold in their own time.”
25. “Commitment to love – to growth, to authentic power is an everyday application of your will.”
26. “We all have something that we are meant to do. Your genius will shine through, and happiness will fill your life, the instant you discover your higher purpose you will then direct all your energies towards it.” – Robin Sharma
27. “We find it normal for a child to be afraid of the dark, but we should never find it normal for an adult to be afraid of the light.”
28. “What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” — Napoleon Hill
29. ‘It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. “
30. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” - Frederick Douglass
31. “The ability to find solutions to life’s challenges is what makes us grow as a person.” – Mark Twain
32. “What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself.” –Thomas Sprat
33. “Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer only reflects the temperature of its environment, adjusting to the situation. But a thermostat initiates action to change the temperature in its environment.”
34. “For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.”
35. “Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” – Margaret J. Wheatley.
36. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
37. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing … that’s why we recommend it daily.”
38. “What holds most people back isn’t the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves. You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.” – Russell Simmons
39. “Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.”
40. “Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.” ―Robin Sharma
41. “To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
42. “Successful self-growth requires consistent effort and self-awareness.”
43. “Income seldom exceeds personal development.” ―Jim Rohn
44. “The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”
45. “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
46. “The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.”
47. “In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by them.”
48. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” - Shonda Rhimes
49. “It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first.”
50. “The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.” – Anonymous
51. “When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.” –Confucius
52. “Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone’s notable achievements.”
53. “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”
54. “Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
55. “Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” – Albert Einstein
56. “Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.” –Marcus Aurelius
57. “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”
58. “What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.”
59. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ― E. E. cummings
60. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” –Rob Siltanen
61. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” - Carl Bard
62. “For years I was deathly afraid of my own weaknesses, but when I closed my eyes and let myself be vulnerable to them it allowed miracles to take place. Miracles that were only alive when I accessed my BLIND faith.”
63. “Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT and knowledge, and by learning the lessons that are acculated along the way.” – Allan Rufus
64. “To Effectively Communicate, We Must Realize That We Are All Different In The Way We Perceive The World And Use This Understanding As A Guide To Our Communication With Others.” – Tony Robbins
65. “The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.”
66. “When life is at its most chaotic, look for opportunities for growth.”
67. “Where there is love there is life.”
68. “The only journey is the journey within.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
69. “Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”
70. “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experiences that reveals the human spirit.” - e.e. cummings
71. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
72. “Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what’s your plan to read?”
73. “Whenever you are going through life’s challenges, remember that for iron to be cast into its desired form, it must first go through intense heat.”
74. “To the degree you give others what they need, they will give you what you need.”
75. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
76. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” Stephen Covey
77. “For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be. What is once well done, is well done forever.”
78. “Growth is often a painful process.”
79. “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. If you want to reach your goals and fulfill your potential, become intentional about your personal growth. It will change your life.” ― Jim Rohn
80. “IF YOU CHOKE YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL NEVER REACH YOUR DESTINY”
81. “There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.”
82. “May you live every day of your life.”
83. “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”
84. “In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.”
85. “Be the type of person you want to meet.” Anonymous
86. “If I want to be free, I've got to be me. Not the me you think I should be. Not the me I think my wife thinks I should be. Not the me I think my kids think I should be. If I want to be free, I've got to be me. So I better know who me is.”
87. “Do, Or Do Not. There Is No Try.” – Yoda
88. “We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”
89. “If you know what to do to reach your goal, it's not a big enough goal." - Bob Proctor”
90. “Be a reflection of what you’d like to receive. If you want love, give love. If you want truth, be truthful. What you give out will always return.” – Kristen Butler
91. “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” –Abraham Maslow
92. “Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but unlearning old limits.” – Alan Cohen
93. “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
94. “Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.” Eckhart Tolle
95. “Improvement begins with a desire to change, and a willingness to take action.”
96. “Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less.” ―Norman Mailer
97. “Every day is an opportunity to be better than yesterday.”
98. “Personal growth is a choice, make the choice to improve yourself.”
99. “The purpose of that apple tree is to grow a little new wood each year. That is what I plan to do.”
100. “We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.”
101. “You are the master of your own growth.”
102. “Personal development is a major time-saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals.” ― Brian Tracy
103. “If flowers can grow through concrete, you can keep blooming, too.”
104. “Sometimes it is good to be in uncomfortable situations because it is in finding our way out of such difficulties that we learn valuable lessons.”
105. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” - Les Brown
106. “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” - Carrie Fisher
107. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ― Anaïs Nin
108. “If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”
109. “Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having except as a result of hard work.”
110. “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth — not going all the way, and not starting.”
111. “If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.”
112. “Be true to yourself by choosing growth over stagnation.”
113. “Be The Change You Want To See In The World.” – Gandhi
114. “Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
115. “Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.”
116. “Self improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.” –Maxwell Maltz
117. “The only journey is the journey within.”
118. “A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.”
119. “The only limit to self-growth is the one you set for yourself.”
120. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” –Maya Angelou
121. “Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective.” – Denis Waitley
122. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” - Albert Einstein
123. “Your brand must communicate the value that you bring to a working relationship.”
124. “Personal development is a major time-saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals.” –Brian Tracy
125. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
126. “I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.”
127. “There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.”
128. “Your journey to self-discovery is about letting go of fear and embracing change.”
129. “We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.”
130. “Think : "What if ?" If we do 'X' today, what does that result in tommorrow, a year from now, ten years from now? ...People don't plan for success.”
131. “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world” ― Helen Keller
132. “We must become the change we want to see.” –Mahatma Gandhi
133. “This is hard. This is fun.”
134. “The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” - Benjamin Mays
135. “One must have strategies to execute dreams.”
136. “Life is like a game of chess.
137. “Are you ready for the God that dwells in your heart ?”
138. “You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.”
139. “Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.” Brian Tracy
140. “Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.”
141. “The world is your kaleidoscope, and the varying combinations of colours which at every succeeding moment it presents to you, are the exquisitely adjusted pictures of your ever-moving thoughts.” - James Allen
142. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
143. “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” — Viktor Frankl
144. “Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.
145. “Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much, there’s nothing else you can give, and nobody will care for you.” – Karl Largerfield
146. “You already know what you don’t want, so try focusing on the things that you do.”
147. “Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.”
148. “Growth and comfort do not coexist.”
149. “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
150. “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
151. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” - Amelia Earhart
152. “We Are What We Frequently Do.” – Aristotle
153. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” – Brené Brown
154. “Embrace change, challenge yourself, and let your personal growth soar.”
155. “No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.”
156. “We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.” –Maxwell Maltz
157. “We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.” – Henry Ward Beecher
158. “The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life.” ― Julie B. Beck
159. “How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.”
160. “Is is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.”
161. “Do what you can with what you have. Never stop trying.”
162. “We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.” - Henry Ward Beecher
163. “Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice.” – Anonymous
164. “Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” - Hillary Clinton
165. “You have the power to shape your own destiny through self-improvement.”
166. “Your soul needs time for solitude and self-reflection. In order to love, lead, heal, and create, you must nourish yourself first.” – Louise Hay.
167. “Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.”
168. “Every day is an opportunity to learn, grow, and improve yourself.”
169. “Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.”
170. “Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
171. “Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”
172. “’What is’ is more important than ‘what should be.’ Too many people are looking at ‘what is’ from a position of thinking ‘what should be’.”
173. “It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.” ― Jim Rohn
174. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut
175. “Be patient with yourself and your growth.”
176. “The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.”
177. “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” Michael Cunningham
178. “Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.”
179. “The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.”
180. “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more?”
181. “When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.”
182. “Discipline is giving yourself a command and following it up with action”
183. “Develop a passion for learning. if you do, you will never cease to grow.”
184. “Big doors swing on little hinges.”
185. “Life does not always give you what you want, but if you look closely you will see that it gives what you need for growth.”
186. “It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”
187. “The best investment you can make is in yourself.”
188. “Self-development is a lifelong journey, embrace it with open arms.”
189. “He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” – Confucius
190. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
191. “Every challenge is an opportunity for self-discovery.”
192. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
193. “I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”
194. “The key to personal growth is the willingness to embrace challenges and learn from failures.”
195. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”
196. “If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” - Kevin Ngo
197. “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”- Jim Rohn
198. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
199. “Your mind is your greatest asset, and self-development is the key to unlocking its full potential.”
200. “[Don’t] let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur, is something that you shouldn’t do. What often happens is that people who are well meaning, who really care for us, are afraid for us and talk us out of it.”
201. “Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”
202. “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
203. “With self-discipline most anything is possible.” - Theodore Roosevelt
204. “Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving his goals. Nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude.”
205. “Sometimes you must go through short-term pain to reach long-term goals.”
206. “The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.”
207. “Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you.” – Jim Rohn
208. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
209. “Do not fear to be your true self, for everything you want, wants you.”
210. “Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less.” – Norman Mailer
211. “Look outside and you will see yourself. Look inside and you will find yourself.” ~ Drew Gerald
212. “Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”
213. “Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.” – Buddha
214. “The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
215. “Your life will become better by making other lives better.”
216. “The most valuable asset you have is yourself, invest in your own self-improvement.”
217. “By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better.” - Laverne Cox
218. “Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.”
219. “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” – Thomas Paine
220. “It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
221. “Treat yourself as you are, and you will remain as you are. Treat yourself as you could be, and you will become what you should be.”
222. “No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts." -Bob Proctor”
223. “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” Aldos Huxley
224. “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” –Louise Hay
225. “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
226. “We are what we frequently do.”
227. “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
228. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
229. “Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.”
230. “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
231. “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”
232. “Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.” ―B. R. Ambedkar
233. “The journey to self-improvement is never-ending, but always rewarding.”
234. “May you live all the days of your life.”
235. “Great leaders develop through a never-ending process of self-study, self-reflection, education, training, and experience.” – Tony Buon
236. “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.”
237. “For every mountain there is a miracle.”
238. “It is not as much about who you used to, as it is about who you choose to be.” – Sanhita Baruah
239. “Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
240. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
241. “Personal growth begins with taking responsibility for your own actions and decisions.”
242. “Dare to love yourself
243. “Thoughts and ideas are the source of all wealth, success, material gain, all great discoveries, inventions and achievements.”
244. “The secret of success is consistency of purpose.”
245. “People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.”
246. “I like to say I’m determined, some people would call it stubborn. It depends on your perspective.” – Peggy Whitson
247. “I know change can be painful. But from change comes growth.”
248. “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
249. “You alone are enough, you have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou
250. “The man who views the world at 50 the same he did at 20 has wasted thirty years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali
251. “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have laboured hard for.” – Socrates
252. “To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.”
253. “Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.”
254. “Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life.” – Deborah Day
255. “You Are Never Too Old To Set Another Goal Or To Dream A New Dream.” – Les Brown
256. “We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
257. “What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?”
258. “I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear.” ― Tupac Shakur
259. “Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”
260. “Real difficulties can be overcome; It is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.”
261. “Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth.
262. “All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.”
263. “The fast track to finding your power is allowing yourself to grow.”
264. “Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there.”
265. “Transitions are almost always signs of growth, but they can bring feelings of loss. To get somewhere new, we may have to leave somewhere else behind.”
266. “Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.” -Dalai Lama.
267. “You don’t have to be perfect, just be better than you were yesterday.”
268. “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”
269. “Don’t watch the clock. Do what it does: Keep going.”
270. “An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.”
271. “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
272. “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”
273. “Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there.”
274. “The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end.”
275. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
276. “Success is every minute you live. It’s the process of living. It’s stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure; the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey.”
277. “Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.”
278. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
279. “Permit yourself to change your mind when something is no longer working for you.” - Nedra Glover Tawwab
280. “Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.”
281. “Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.” – Ian K. Smith
282. “Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top.”
283. “The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.”
284. “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”
285. “Before you find your soul mate, you must first discover your soul.”
286. “Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life.” Deborah Day
287. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
288. “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
289. “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
290. “If you don’t have daily objectives, you qualify as a dreamer.”
291. “If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself?” –Miguel Ruiz
292. “Absorb What Is Useful, Discard What Is Not, Add What Is Uniquely Your Own.” –Bruce Lee
293. “What you are to be, you are now becoming.”
294. “In this world you’re either growing or you’re dying, so get in motion and grow.” ―Lou Holtz
295. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
296. “Success comes from the inside out. In order to change what is on the outside, you must first change what is on the inside.”
297. “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
298. “I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”
299. “The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”
300. “Absorb What Is Useful, Discard What Is Not, Add What Is Uniquely Your Own.” – Bruce Lee
301. “A master lives in the world of transformation, not the world of loss and gain.”
302. “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
303. “Truly successful people know that growth is a way of life.”
304. “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
305. “With Integrity, You Have Nothing To Fear, Since You Have Nothing To Hide. With Integrity, You Will Do The Right Thing, So You Will Have No Guilt.” – Zig Ziglar
306. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.”
307. “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
308. “Embrace new challenges as opportunities for self-improvement.”
309. “The man who moved a mountain was the one who began carrying away small stones.”
310. “The greatest potential for growth and self-realisation exists in the second half of life.”
311. “Setting Goals Is The First Step In Turning The Invisible Into The Visible.” – Tony Robbins
312. “An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.”
313. “O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.” – Rumi
314. “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” ―Abraham Maslow
315. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” –Gandhi
316. “Success is doing ordinary things extraordinary well.”
317. “Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.”
318. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
319. “Self-improvement is not about being someone else, it’s about becoming the best version of yourself.”
320. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!”
321. “I am a strong and powerful woman.
322. “I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.”
323. “Challenges are stepping stones to greater self-awareness and growth.”
324. “Follow your bliss!” – Joseph Campbell
325. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.”
326. “Enthusiam is the steam that drives the engine.”
327. “Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. It moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.”
328. “Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.” – Judith Wright
329. “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” –James Allen
330. “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.” –Ivan Turgenev
331. “Make personal growth a daily priority.” ― John C. Maxwell
332. “If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.”
333. “Let this be the criteria by which you measure all things: Is this an act of love?”
334. “The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
335. “You want to make sure that your purpose is something people can benefit from long after you're gone.”
336. “Qualities die for want of attention, so any unlovely state might best be rubbed out by imagining “beauty for ashes and joy for mourning” rather than by direct attacks on the state from which we would be free.”
337. “We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success; we often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never makes a mistake never made a discovery.”
338. “Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.” – Heath L. Buckmaster
339. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” — Will Durant
340. “Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.” – Baltasar Gracian
341. “The greatest investment you can make is in yourself, your growth, and your future.”
342. “You are essentially who you create yourself to be, and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.” –Stephen Richards
343. “Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.” –Marie Curie
344. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” ―Stephen Covey
345. “It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.”
346. ‘I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
347. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.”
348. “It only takes one person to change your life – you.” –Ruth Casey
349. “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.”
350. “Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.”
351. “Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.” – Swami Vivekananda
352. “Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?” ― Jillian Michaels
353. “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
354. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
355. “Life does not always give you what you want but if you look closely you will see that it gives you what you need for your growth.”
356. “Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.”
357. “The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” Stephanie Perkins
358. “It's very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you're not perfect.”
359. “If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?”
360. “The time you spend learning and growing is never wasted.”
361. “Don’t let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.”
362. “Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes.” – Lawrence Bossidy
363. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
364. “Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become.”
365. “Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.”
366. “The road to self-improvement is long, but the journey is worth it.”
367. “Procrastination will delay your change!!! Today is a very good day to change; don’t let YOU stop yourself from growing!” – Steve Harvey
368. “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
369. “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.”
370. “To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” – Stephen R. Convey
371. “Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.” – Bo Bennett
372. “No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.”
373. “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.” –Anne Lamott
374. “Remember why you began in the first place, what your vision is, and keep going.”
375. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
376. “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” - Rick Warren
377. “I am thankful that there are those among us who have sacrificed dearly on behalf of us. And I ardently pray to God that I might be less like myself and more like them.”
378. “Never neglect an opportunity for self-improvement.” Anonymous
379. “Real growth and development is when you start checking and correcting yourself.”
380. “Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.” – Brian Tracy
381. “Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It’s up to you to choose which you will be.”
382. “The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential.”
383. “Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.” Pat Summitt
384. “Any idea, plan or purpose can be put into my mind through repetition in thought.” –Napoleon Hill
385. “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”
386. “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
387. “The first step towards self-development is taking responsibility for your own life.”
388. “You change the world by being yourself.” – Yoko Ono
389. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”
390. “Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” Guillaume Apollinaire
391. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”
392. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
393. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts”
394. “Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us.”
395. “The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.” ― Bruce Jenner
396. “You Are Essentially Who You Create Yourself To Be, And All That Occurs In Your Life Is The Result Of Your Own Making.” – Stephen Richards
397. “A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes to-day.”
398. “A man’s dreams are an index to his greatness.”
399. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
400. “Change is inevitable but personal growth is a choice.”
401. “And it makes you think. Even things that have been the same for years and years can change. Maybe I can change. I can bring my own wall down, and let people in.”
402. “Be so busy improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.” Anonymous
403. “No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.” –Madonna
404. “The biggest temptation is to settle for too little.”
405. “We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.”
406. “Example is leadership.”
407. “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
408. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
409. “Living is a process of developing oneself. Without experiencing pain from disconcerting periods of our lives, we would be different person, perhaps a lesser person.” ― Kilroy J. Oldster
410. “Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive”. –Matt Cameron
411. “Always bear in mind that our own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.”
412. “Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” ―Morihei Ueshiba
413. “When you lose sight of your values, you lose sight of you.”
414. “Improvement begins with I.” Anonymous
415. “Spread JOY everywhere you travel. Embrace what feels good, and let go of what doesn’t.”
416. “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” - Chinese Proverb
417. “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
418. “I will speak ill of no one and speak all the good I know of everybody.”
419. “There is only one corner of the universe that you can be sure of improving and it is yourself” –Aldous Huxley.
420. “You are no better than anyone else, and no one is better than you.”
421. “You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” – Eckhart Tolle
422. “Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.”
423. “Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.” – James E. Faust
424. “She remembered who she was
425. “Work on yourself more than you do on your job.” – Jim Rohn
426. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” –Robin Sharma
427. “I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.”
428. “To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.”
429. “Remember the lesson you had to learn and let it go.”
430. “In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.” The Dalai Lama
431. “Your brain will trick you into just staying alive; you are more than just a bag of bones.”
432. “Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse-sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”
433. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
434. “It may actually be more healthy to be disturbed, confused, or searching than confident, certain, and secure.”
435. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” - Babe Ruth
436. “The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.”
437. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
438. “The path to success is to take massive determined action.”
439. “The road to self-discovery is filled with challenges, but the rewards are endless.”
440. “Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.”
441. “It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.”
442. “Do, or do not. There is no try.”
443. “It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.”
444. “I didn’t come this far to only come this far.”
445. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” Rob Siltanen
446. “Pain, pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence.” - Frida Kahlo
447. “Take time for self-reflection and improvement, it will pay off in the long run.”
448. “Living is a process of developing oneself. Without experiencing pain from disconcerting periods of our lives, we would be different person, perhaps a lesser person.”
449. “I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.”
450. “The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called ‘the present”
451. “No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.”
452. “Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weakness … on your powers, instead of your problems.”
453. “It is never too late to be who you might have been.” - George Eliot
454. “Leap and the net will appear.”
455. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.” Elon Musk
456. “We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.”
457. “There is always room for improvement.” Anonymous
458. “No one is coming to save you. You can’t have an ideal partner without working towards your ideal self.” – Jeff Moore
459. “What is considered impossible is someone else’s opinion. What is possible is my decision.”
460. “The mind is just like a muscle – the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.” –Idowu Koyenikan
461. “Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
462. “Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.”
463. “A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.”
464. “We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.”
465. “As soon as you get comfortable with where you are, you’ll start to feel the need to grow again.”
466. “When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.” Anonymous
467. “I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.”
468. “All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”
469. “People on a spiritual path – personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth – are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day.” – Marianne Williamson
470. “Self-development is the key to unlocking your full potential and living a fulfilling life.”
471. “Many times in life, we are held back from achieving our goals because we do not commit ourselves wholeheartedly. With an escape route in mind, we hold ourselves back from giving our all.”
472. “Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
473. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”
474. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
475. “Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are.”
476. “The seat of freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work, and in that work, does what he wants to do.”
477. “There is no condition so severe that you cannot reverse it
478. “It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Denis Waitley
479. “It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.”
480. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” Paulo Coelho
481. “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”
482. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” Ernest Hemingway
483. “Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.” ― Julia Cameron
484. “Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.” – John C. Maxwell
485. “Whatever makes you uncomfortable is your biggest opportunity for growth.”
486. “The journey of self-improvement is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. Keep pushing forward.”
487. “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come.” – Ellen DeGeneres
488. “To move the world we must first move ourselves.”
489. “If we’re really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .” ― Oprah Winfrey
490. “Becoming is better than being.”
491. “'First things first' might be a cliche, but it's a useful one that means prioritizing what matters most to you and believing there is no wrong answer.” - Stacey Abrams
492. “What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.”
493. “Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.” — Bruce Lee
494. “The way you speak to yourself has an enormous impact on your mood. Try, ‘I’m still learning’ instead of ‘I made a mistake again.’ Speak kindly to yourself, always.”
495. “The feeling of being ‘offended’ is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.” – Bryant McGill
496. “Love yourself enough to work harder.” Anonymous
497. “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
498. “What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” –Buddha
499. “Invest in yourself, your growth, and your opportunities. You’re worth every ounce of your dedication.”
500. “Sometimes we cross paths with people so they can teach us how to let go.”
501. “Live out your imagination, not your history.”
502. “In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.”
503. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
504. “Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.”
505. “I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you’re a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you’ll win — if you don’t you won’t.”
506. “To grow as a person, you must be willing to take risks, learn from your mistakes, and keep moving forward.”
507. “Stop comparing your life to everyone else. Focus on yourself and your goals.”
508. “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.” – Carl Jung
509. “Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.”
510. “If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.”
511. “Sometimes in life we take a leap of faith. Remember, the leap is not about getting from one side to the other. It’s simply about taking the leap and trusting the air, the universal breath, will support your wings so that you may sour.”
512. “Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.”
513. “Anything in life worth having is worth working for.”
514. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
515. “Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.”
516. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” ― Stephen Covey
517. “Every time we push personal development aside, we invite personal struggle into our lives.” ― Hal Elrod
518. “Life does not always give you what you want but if you look closely you will see that it gives you what you need for your personal growth and development.”
519. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”
520. “Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.”
521. “Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.”
522. “For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in shedding tears? That I should love the man who proves to me that I am nothing more than a fool?”
523. “We are all deceivers to some degree. The difference between safe and unsafe “liars” is that safe people own their lies and see them as a problem to change as they become aware of their deception.”
524. “If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.”
525. “The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development.” ― Jim Rohn
526. “Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.” –Bo Bennett
527. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou
528. “You don’t have time to focus on anything but what is ahead of you.”
529. “When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.”
530. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
531. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
532. “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.”
533. “The type of person you are is usually reflected in your business. To improve your business, first improve yourself.”
534. “You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That’s part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.” – Bernice King
535. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” –will durant
536. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway
537. “Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.” –Wayne Dyer
538. “Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.”
539. “Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.”
540. “To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.”
541. “If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”
542. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
543. “The road to self-improvement is not easy, but it is worth it.”
544. “Dedicate yourself to continuous personal improvement. You are your most precious resource.” ― Brian Tracy
545. “Personal development – the never ending chance to improve not only yourself but also attract opportunities and affect others.” ― Jim Rohn
546. “Successful people are those who never stop improving themselves.”
547. “If you can't fly, then run if you can't run, then walk if you can't walk, then crawl whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”
548. “You don’t need to change the world; you need to change yourself.” ― Miguel Ruiz
549. “If you learn only methods, you’ll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods.”
550. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
551. “Man’s duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself.”
552. “Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, "I did it before, so I can do it again.”
553. “We boil at different degrees.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
554. “I don’t have to be what nobody else wants me to be and I am not afraid to be what I want to be.”
555. “If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.”
556. “Take time to reflect on your life, identify areas for improvement, and take action to grow and develop.”
557. “Self-care isn’t just a gift to yourself, it’s a gift to others. It allows you to be the best person you can be to them, too.”
558. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
559. “Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.” ―John C. Maxwell
560. “The only way to grow is to embrace change, challenge yourself, and strive for improvement.”
561. “Learn to work harder on yourself than on your job.”
562. “What I think was hardest for me to realize was that he had tried each time to stop himself. He had killed animals, taking lesser lives to keep from killing a child”
563. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
564. “Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”
565. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” –Thomas Edison
566. “Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.”
567. “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
568. “It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
569. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
570. “It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree — make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e. the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”
571. “I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.”
572. “After all, all knowledge simply means self-knowledge.”
573. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” - Diane von Furstenberg
574. “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” –Socrates
575. “Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”
576. “Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now, and if the past cant prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?”– Eckhart Tolle
577. “There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
578. “The first step towards self-improvement is accepting your flaws and working on them.”
579. “To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
580. “I’ve always tried to go one step past wherever people expected me to end up.”
581. “You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.” ―Henry David Thoreau
582. “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
583. “Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana.”
584. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
585. “Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery.” – Rick Warren
586. “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
587. “All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
588. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
589. “Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can.” – Zig Ziglar
590. “Create an ideal of the person you want to be and assume that you are already that person. If this assumption is persisted in until it becomes your dominant feeling, the attainment of your ideal is inevitable.”
591. “Your purpose explains what you are doing with your life. Your vision explains how you are living your purpose. Your goals enable you to realize your vision." - Bob Proctor”
592. “It’s your life; you don’t need someone’s permission to live the life you want. Be brave to live from your heart.”
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