Positive Inspirational Personal Growth Quotes

 'Positive inspirational personal growth quotes to refresh the spirit and boost the emotional bank account'

There are many things in life that will catch your eye,
but only a few that will catch your heart. Pursue themAuthor Unknown

Just as plants soak up water, your children need
your loving words, and with them they will thriveJudy Ford

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at changeWayne Dyer

It's not what we leave our kids; it's what we leave within them that countsValerie Sokolosky

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt,
and the dream will take care of itself.
You may be surprised at how easily this happens.
Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them soMarcia Wieder

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreamingAlice Walker

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:
Decide what you wantBen Stein

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderfulAnnette Funicello

Each day we make deposits in the memory banks of our childrenCharles Swindoll

You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mindIrish proverb

People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty
is revealed only if there is a light from withinAuthor Unknown

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning how to dance in the rainAuthor Unknown

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children:
one is roots, the other is wingsHodding Carter

If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to do things you can be proud of.
Feelings follow actionsOseola McCarty

You have not lived a perfect day . . . unless you have done
something for someone who will never be able to repay youRuth Smeltzer

The time is always right to do what is rightMartin Luther King, Jr.

As you awaken, may your dreams greet you by name and may you answer- ‘yes’Mary Anne Radmacher

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

Please understand my friend, that where you find yourself tomorrow is
a function of the positive decisions and actions you take today
Akin A. Awolaja

Sometimes in our attempt to give children what we did not have,
we forget to give our children what we did have Connie Podesta

Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out Lee Iacocca

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself George Bernard Shaw

Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves.
When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life we want M.J. Ryan

Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls 
David Thomas

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has 
Epictetus

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others 
Cicero

Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles.
It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother 
Barbara Johnson

To admit you were wrong is to declare you are wiser now than before
Author Unknown

We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other.
If you are always there for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you
Jeff Warner

Living on purpose requires us to find what we love fiercely, give it all we've got
and then pass it on, as if it were a torch, to those who follow Dawna Markova

When you give someone a book, you don't give him just paper, ink, and glue.
You give him the possibility of a whole new life Christopher Morley (1890-1957)

When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really
such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful
motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams Les Brown

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence
but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push - a smile.
A word of optimism and hope, a 'you can do it!' when things are tough Richard De Vos

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase 
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace,
the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us,
but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart 
Sarah Ban Breathnach

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be one's own self Montaigne

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes,
but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker 
Helen Keller
Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student 
Jim Rohn

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream? 
Ashleigh Brilliant

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure 
Paulo Coelho

It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart 
Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang except those that sang best Henry Van Dyke

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual;
you have an obligation to be one Eleanor Roosevelt

You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life Steve Jobs
What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you 
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant
Robert Louis Stevenson

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings 
Okakura Kakuzo

I am - the two most powerful words in the world,
for whatever we put after them becomes our reality Susan Howson

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist,
or accept the responsibility for changing them Denis Waitley
Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit 
Helena Rubinstein

There is real magic in enthusiasm.
It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment
Norman Vincent Peale

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment,
and learn again to exercise his will and his personal responsibility
Albert Schweitzer

If you don't take charge of shaping your own destiny,
others will apply their agenda to you 
Eric Allenbaugh

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn Benjamin Franklin 
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline Harvey Mackay

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm 
Henry David Thoreau

What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them 
Denis Waitley

The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness Lionel Barrymore
Yes, there are times when something is legitimately not our fault.
Blaming others, however, keeps us in a stuck state
and is ultimately rough on our own self-esteem Eric Allenbaugh

Love and magic have a great deal in common.
They enrich the soul, delight the heart.
And they both take practice 
Nora Roberts

If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich 
Su Shi

Anger is one letter short of danger! Denis Waitley
The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post 
L. Thomas Holdcroft

Scatter seeds of kindness everywhere you go;
Scatter bits of courtesy - watch them grow and grow.
Gather buds of friendship, keep them till full-blown;
You will have more happiness than you have ever known. Amy R. Raabe

Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself
that way and so will other people 
Norman Vincent Peale

Faith is the hostess that will not entertain doubt 
Jenna Wright

Often we set out to make a difference in the lives of others,
only to discover we have made a difference in our own 
Ellie Braun-Haley

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit
is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm. Norman Vincent Peale

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do Martha Grimes
Deeds not stones, are the true monuments of the great 
Motley

Lack and limitation can only exist when we make room for them in our mind 
Bob Proctor

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 
Nido Qubein

Winning doesn't always mean being first.
Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before Bonnie Blair

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the
whole staircase, just take the first step
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors.
A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things 
Jim Rohn

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today 
William Allen White

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 
Jim Rohn
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia 
Alexis Carrel
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island
... and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life
Walt Disney

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

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over.
Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center Kurt Vonnegut Jnr

A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you,
than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you Bob Proctor

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers 
Deepak Chopra

You can't have a better tomorrow if you
are thinking about yesterday all the time Charles F. Kettering

There is no difficulty that enough love will not
conquer, no disease that enough love will not heal,
no door that enough love will not bridge Emmet Fox

We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on
the bridge of faith even before we get to them
Sterling W. Sill

When you speak of someone or about someone,
you should speak as though they were in the room with you.
The ears that you speak to today are attached to the
mouth that could relay the message tomorrow William 'Biddy' Allen

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said 
Peter Drucker

If you travel alone, you can probably go faster. But the journey will never
be as rewarding, and you probably won't be able to go as far John Maxwell

If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches 
Carolyn Gilmore

The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see,
and knows what the mind cannot understand Robert Vallett 
Surely it's no coincidence that the word listen is an anagram of the word silent! Author Unknown

There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it 
Edith Wharton

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward 
Soren Kierkegaard

Change comes more from managing the journey than from announcing the destination William Bridges

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 others spend it for you 
Rod McKuen

Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you 
Jim Rohn

A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view 
Wilma Askinas 
A hug is like a boomerang, you get it back right away 
Bill Keane

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination Nelson Mandela

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going 
Jim Rohn

Be very careful what you say to yourself
because someone very important is listening . . . YOU! John Assaraf

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is,
not according to what he has Henry Ward Beecher

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us,
but in what we make out of what they do to us Harry Emerson Fosdick

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others
than you can by what others say about him Leo Aikman

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.
Be bold. When you embark for strange places,
don't leave any of yourself safely on shore.
Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory Alan Alda
There isn't a ruler, a yard stick or a measuring tape in the entire world
long enough to compute the strength and capabilities inside you Paul J Meyer

The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes Marcel Proust

I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed,
but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort 
Elizabeth T. King

Dedicate yourself to continuous personal improvement
you are your most precious resource Brian Tracy

Learning is like rowing upstream, if you stop, you go backwards Author Unknown

The sad part about life is we tend to comment only on those who do it wrong
and neglect to balance it with praise for those who do it right Keith Ready

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant.
It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest Georgia O'Keeffe

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway 
Jerome Cummings

You have to be willing to grow.
Growth is different from something that happens to you:
You produce it. You live it Bruce Mau

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice 
George Eliot

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back.
Remember that and be very gentle with yourself
Julia Cameron

No one limits your growth but you. If you want to earn more, learn more.
That means you'll work harder for a while; that means you'll work longer for a while.
But you'll be paid for your extra effort with enhanced earnings down the road
Tom Hopkins

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened;
vision cleared; ambition inspired, and success achieved 
Helen Keller