“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
- St. Francis
Personal Development Quote # 64
“The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‘Thus far and no farther.’”
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ludwig van Beethoven
Personal Development Quote # 61
"People get mad at your progress because every step you make getting ahead gives them a clearer picture that they aren't going anywhere."
- Bill Winston
- Bill Winston
Personal Development Quote # 60
“I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.”
- Florence Nightingale
- Florence Nightingale
Personal Development Quote # 59
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”
- Arnold Palmer
- Arnold Palmer
Personal Development Quote # 58
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.”
- John Steinbeck
- John Steinbeck
Personal Development Quote # 57
“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill
Personal Development Quote # 56
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
Personal Development Quote # 55
“The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.”
- Brian Tracy
- Brian Tracy
Personal Development Quote # 53
“Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.”
- Ansel Adams
- Ansel Adams
Personal Development Quote # 52
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes."
- Chinese proverb
- Chinese proverb
Personal Development Quote # 51
"The reason why worry kills more people than hard work is that more people worry than work."
- Robert Frost
- Robert Frost
Personal Development Quote # 50
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
– Franklin Roosevelt
– Franklin Roosevelt
Personal Development Quote # 49
“The moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”
– William Murray
– William Murray
Personal Development Quote # 48
“There comes a special moment in everyone’s life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission – a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour.”
– Winston Churchill
– Winston Churchill
Personal Development Quote # 47
“The secret of success in life is for a person to be ready for opportunity when it comes.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
– Benjamin Disraeli
Personal Development Quote # 46
“Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
- Charles Dickens
- Charles Dickens
Personal Development Quote # 45
“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.”
- Eddie Rickenbacker
- Eddie Rickenbacker
Personal Development Quote # 44
“The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success, but significance – and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.”
- Oprah Winfrey
- Oprah Winfrey
Personal Development Quote # 43
“You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.”
- Norman Cousins
- Norman Cousins
Personal Development Quote # 42
“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.”
- Pablo Picasso
- Pablo Picasso
Personal Development Quote # 41
“It is not impossibilities that fill us with deepest despair, but possibilities that we have failed to realize.”
- Robert Mallet
- Robert Mallet
Personal Development Quote # 40
“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.”
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- John Kenneth Galbraith
Personal Development Quote # 39
“The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.”
- Phil Knight
- Phil Knight
Personal Development Quote # 38
“Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
- Pope John Paul II
- Pope John Paul II
Personal Development Quote # 35
“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Personal Development Quote # 34
“Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had.”
- Edgar Guest
- Edgar Guest
Personal Development Quote # 32
“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die. But when a business ceases to be creative, when it believes it has reached perfection and needs to do nothing but produce – no improvement, no development – it is done.”
- Henry Ford
- Henry Ford
Personal Development Quote # 31
“When one door closes, another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Alexander Graham Bell
Personal Development Quote # 30
“What we become depends on what we read after all the professors are finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.”
- Tomas Carlyle
- Tomas Carlyle
Personal Development Quote # 29
“Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.”
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Nelson Rockefeller
Personal Development Quote # 28
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
- Jack London
- Jack London
Personal Development Quote # 27
"I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if Icould. And no hours nor amount of labor nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me."
- Col. Harland Sanders
- Col. Harland Sanders
Personal Development Quote # 26
"Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good."
- Joe Paterno
- Joe Paterno
Personal Development Quote # 25
"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better."
- Pat Riley
- Pat Riley
Personal Development Quote # 24
"Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam."
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill
Personal Development Quote # 23
"It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly."
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
Personal Development Quote # 21
"Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it."
- Doug Larson
- Doug Larson
Personal Development Quote # 20
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but also the parent of all the others."
- Cicero
- Cicero
Personal Development Quote # 19
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
- Walt Disney
- Walt Disney
Personal Development Quote # 18
"Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret."
- Mary Kay Ash
- Mary Kay Ash
Personal Development Quote # 17
"Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure."
- William Saroyan
- William Saroyan
Personal Development Quote # 15
"I don't think there's any such thing as setting your goals too high. The higher you set your goals, the more you are going to work. If you don't reach them, then it's okay, just as long as you set it and then give 100% of yourself."
- Dan Jansen
- Dan Jansen
Personal Development Quote # 14
"Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Personal Development Quote # 13
"Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction."
- Al Bernstein
- Al Bernstein
Personal Development Quote # 11
"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year."
- John Foster Dulles
- John Foster Dulles
Personal Development Quote # 10 -- And a Video!
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
- George S. Patton
And as an "added bonus" to celebrate our 10th personal development quote, here's a video with several excellent quotes from one of our soon-to-be resident favorites (as the blog goes on), Jim Rohn:
- George S. Patton
And as an "added bonus" to celebrate our 10th personal development quote, here's a video with several excellent quotes from one of our soon-to-be resident favorites (as the blog goes on), Jim Rohn:
Personal Development Quote # 9
"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."
- Dale Carnegie
- Dale Carnegie
Personal Development Quote # 8
"Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion."
- Jim Rohn
- Jim Rohn
Personal Development Quote # 7
"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. Self-discipline with all of them came first."
- Harry Truman
- Harry Truman
Personal Development Quote # 6
"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with the inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent."
- Sophia Loren
- Sophia Loren
Personal Development Quote # 4
"None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments. The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them."
- Bernard Baruch
- Bernard Baruch
Personal Development Quote # 1
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
– Vince Lombardi
– Vince Lombardi
Welcome to Personal Development Quotes!
Welcome to Personal Development Quotes! This blog is all about providing inspiring success-oriented quotes from famous authors, business leaders, statesmen, religious figures, philosophers, and practically anyone that has said anything worthwhile.
This blog will definitely remain faithful to its namesake: Most of the posts you see here will simply be a personal development quote of some kind, with little to no embellishment. I want the quotes to speak for themselves.
Stop by often for your daily dose of quotes that promote self improvement and feed a success-oriented mentality. Long story short, these quotes have inspired me, and I hope they inspire you as well. Enjoy!
This blog will definitely remain faithful to its namesake: Most of the posts you see here will simply be a personal development quote of some kind, with little to no embellishment. I want the quotes to speak for themselves.
Stop by often for your daily dose of quotes that promote self improvement and feed a success-oriented mentality. Long story short, these quotes have inspired me, and I hope they inspire you as well. Enjoy!
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