Personal Development Quotes

"Nobody can prevent you from choosing to be exceptional." Mark Sanborn

"The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving." Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life." Les Brown

"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere." Frank A. Clark

"If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it." Jonathan Winters

"Six essential qualities that are the key to success: sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity." William Menninger

"If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life." Josephine Rathbone

"Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself." Robert Collier

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” President Harry S. Truman

“If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.” Stephen R. Covey

“When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as he wants to be seen, and each man as he really is.” Michael De Saintamo

“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” James M. Barrie

“Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory.” Ghandi

“You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.” Jimmy Carter

“The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.” Jim Rohn

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” Auguste Rodin

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Winston Churchill

“To be prepared is half the victory.” Miguel De Cervantes

“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” Confucius

“Today’s preparation determines tomorrow’s achievement.” Unknown

“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do and then do your best.” W. Edwards Deming

“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” John Wooden

“If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it and it won’t happen.” Joe Dimaggio

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not a single act, but a habit.” Aristotle

“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” Colin Powell

“Strive for excellence, not perfection.” H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.” John W. Gardner

“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” John W. Gardner

“People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.” Howard W. Newton

“Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.” Rick Pitino

“Excellence can be attained if you – care more than others think is wise – risk more than others think is safe – dream more than others think is practical – and expect more than others think is possible.” Anonymous

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” Albert Einstein

“Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never ending process.” Lawrence M. Miller

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” Carl Sandburg

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” Anais Nin

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” Marie Curie

"Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality." Erich Fromm

"Never let the odds keep you from pursuing. What you know in your heart you were meant to do." Satchel Paige

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Albert Einstein

"The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity." Ludwig Wittenstein  

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Teresa

"Care more than others think wise. Risk more than others think safe. Dream more than others think practical. Expect more than others think possible." Howard Schultz, CEO Starbucks Coffee, Pour Your Heart Into It

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom." Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security." Gail Sheehy

"Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs." Vaclav Havel

"If you think you're too small to have an impact try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." Anita Koddick

"Relate with others, but relate with yourself also. Love others, but love yourself also. Go out! - the world is beautiful, adventurous;  it is a challenge, it enriches.  Go out fearlessly - there is nothing to lose,  there is everything to gain." Osho

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle

“Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.” Marilyn French, American Author and Critic

“We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service relationship to humanity.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.” George Shinn

“We all live our lives in comfort zones, avoiding risky situations, avoiding the potential to fail. But in order to get ahead of your competition, you've got to go out of your comfort zone. Now your comfort zone is something that you live your whole day, you whole life in. You go to work and do what has to be done to get by. You've got to try to do more. Try that little new thing, that different approach. Get out of your comfort zone and see if it works. It may, it may not, but you'll never know if you don't try.” Mary Lou Retton

“You have to recognize that every "out front" maneuver is going to be lonely.  But if you feel entirely comfortable, then you're not far enough ahead to do any good.  That warm sense of everything going well is usually the body temperature at the center of the herd.  Only if you're far enough ahead to be at risk do you have a chance for large gains." John Masters, Canadian oilman