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Personal Development Quotes

    “Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.” ~ Mike Ditka

      “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

        “If, in fact, it is what’s inside us that makes all the difference, then the difference is made when we choose what goes inside.” ~ Andy Andrews, The Traveler’s Gift

          “The last thing we want is to remain as we are.” ~ Steven Pressfield

            “Beginning today, I will create a new future by creating a new me.  No longer will I dwell in a pit of despair, moaning over squandered time and lost opportunity.  I can do nothing about the past.  My future is immediate.  I will grasp it in both hands and carry it with running feet.  When I am faced with the choice of doing nothing or doing something, I will always choose to act!  I seize this moment.  I choose now.” ~ Andy Andrews

              “When you actively engage in gradually refining yourself, you retreat from your lazy ways of covering yourself or making excuses.  Instead of feeling a persistent current of low-level shame, you move forward by using the creative possibilities of this moment, your current situation.” ~ Epictetus, The Art of Living

                “Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress – stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

                  “It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor.  The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre.  Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

                    “I’ve come to embrace the notion that I haven’t done enough in my life. I’ve come to confirm that one’s title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one’s life has been led. No matter how much you’ve done or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.” ~ Barack Obama

                      “How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad.  Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day.” ~ Anne Frank

                        “We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.” ~ Stephen Covey

                          “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ~ Henri Bergson

                            “We need to see pain in the right light; we need to contextualize it and develop a proper attitude toward life, one of self-mastery, creation, and ultimately a kind of playfulness. Then, each individual failure, each accident will be redeemed within the greater context of a successful life, a life of one’s own making.” ~ Jacob Held

                              “The greatest victory is the victory over ourselves.  Remember, it’s always too soon to quit.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                                “You cannot speak that which you do not know.  You cannot share that which you do not feel.  You cannot translate that which you do not have.  And you cannot give that which you do not possess.  To give it and to share it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it.” ~ Jim Rohn

                                  “The most influential person who will talk to you all day, is you.  So, you should be very careful what you say to you.” ~ Zig Ziglar

                                    “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ~ Steve Jobs

                                      “The self is not somethign ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.” ~ John Dewey

                                        “Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” ~ Jim Rohn

                                          “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” ~ John Wooden