Personal development is a lifelong commitment to excellence. — Isaac Mashman
If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. — Brian Tracy
It's important to get in the habit of growing as a human being, developing and refining leadership and management skills and entrepreneurial instincts and changing to accommodate the times. — Ivanka Trump
The truest success is but the development of self. — Charles Atlas
One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment. — Robert E. Quinn
Our highest endeavour must be to develop individuals who are able out of their own initiative to impart purpose & direction to their lives. — Rudolf Steiner
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for. — Oscar Wilde
If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself. — Indra Nooyi
Short Personal Development Quotes
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. — Harvey S. Firestone
Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves — Marshall Goldsmith
Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others. — Dale Carnegie
Human improvement is from within outward. — James A. Froude
Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily. — Epictetus
Any organisation develops people; it either forms them or deforms them. — Peter Drucker
The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be — Warren Buffett
It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development. — Jim Rohn
The greatest gift you can give yourself is education and growth. — Lewis Howes
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. — Harvey S. Firestone
Top 10 Personal Development Quotes
True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg
We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high. — Jim Rohn
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. — Tim Ferriss
Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. — Dorothy Height
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. — Lao Tzu
Individual style is the correct balance of knowing who you are, what works fro you, and how to develop your own personality — Giorgio Armani
Happiness is a choice and a skill and you can dedicate yourself to learning that skill and making that choice. — Naval Ravikant
The questions you ask yourself will determine the course of your life. — Tom Bilyeu
Grow or Die is a core tenet at our companies. We believe every person, every company, and every organism is either growing or dying. Maintenance is a myth. — Alex Hormozi
Personal Development Image Quotes
One of the greatest gifts you can give your husband is your own wholeness. — Stormie Omartian
Don't join an easy crowd; you won't grow. — Jim Rohn
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Personal Growth And Development Quotes
Adversity and challenges are life’s way of creating strength. Adversity creates challenge, and challenge creates change, and change is absolutely necessary for growth. If there is no change and challenge, there can be no growth and development. — Willie Jolley
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire. — Samuel Johnson
To love a person is to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten.
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
Be the change you want to see in your networks — James H. Fowler
Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem solving and helping you to progress on the path to self-mastery. — Stephen LaBerge
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selevtive you become.
The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life. — Bruce Jenner
Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more. — Abigail Van Buren
I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on. — Jared Kushner
If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away? — Lord Chesterfield
Personal Growth Quotes
In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth? — Carl Rogers
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for growth and that you will learn to do better next time. Every positive thing you can say to yourself will help. — John C. Maxwell
Don't confuse my personality with my attitude... My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are...
Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by regular contact with outdoor growths - animals, trees, sun warmth and free skies - or it will dwindle and pale. — Walt Whitman
Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself and become a new person. — Gerard Way
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation. — Carl Jung
Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.
If you're going to be thinking anyway, think big! — Donald Trump
You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face. — Herman Edwards
Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps. — Eileen Caddy
I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be. — Albert Einstein
Personal Improvement Quotes
...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and from that take actions again. Thus, they are in a continuous feedback spiral toward continuous improvement. This is what 'Kaizan' means. — W. Edwards Deming
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day — Deepak Chopra
A strong person loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, perseveres... No matter what life throws at them.
The single biggest obstacle to us getting what we really need and want in life is right here. It's ourselves. — William Ury
By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still. — Benjamin Franklin
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. — Oprah Winfrey
A person who feels appreciated will always do more than is expected.
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. — Anton Chekhov
It is the ultimate challenge of you against yourself. Everyone has different genetics, structure, etc. But at the end of the day, I can always challenge myself to beat the me from yesterday. — Layne Norton
All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss. — Benjamin Franklin
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. — Naval Ravikant
Self Development Quotes
Neither the military might nor the economic and technological development makes a nation great. It is made great by it's citizens with Self Respect and Integrity ingrained in their lives. — Pandurang Shastri Athavale
It is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self. — Donald Woods Winnicott
If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others. — Dalai Lama
Never push a loyal person to the point where they no longer give a damn.
You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks. — James Stewart
Subjecting yourself to vigourous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it is for developing a strong body. — Mas Oyama
The more people participate in the process of their own education, and the more people participate in defining what kind of production to produce, and for what and why, the more people participate in the development of their selves. The more people become themselves, the better the democracy. — Paulo Freire
Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.
The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self. — Muhammad
Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of morality. It means the development of the individual as well as the assertion of the individual. It means self-responsibility, and not leader worship. — Voltairine de Cleyre
Happiness is a skill that everyone has the ability to cultivate and develop. One of the problems we face in our quest for happiness is that we have not actually defined what it means for us. — Rangan Chatterjee
Decide who you want to be, then become it. — Tom Bilyeu
Self Improvement Quotes
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
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. — Carl Rogers
I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Be the one who makes everyone feel like someone!
Creativity follows mastery, so mastery of skills is the first priority for young talent. — Benjamin Bloom
Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity. — Marie Curie
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. — Sivananda
What you feel about another person, what you think or say about another eprson, what you do to another person - you do to you. Give judgement and criticism and you give it to yourself. Give love and appreciation to another person or anything, and you give it to yourself.
If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are. — RZA
Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean! — Bob Marley
Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer. — Joseph Campbell
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind. — Wayne Dyer
Self Growth Quotes
Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person. — Mark M. Ford
When you can completely love your ego unconditionally and accept it as part of how you express in this life, you'll no longer have a problem with it. It won't impede your growth - on the contrary, it will be an asset. — Anita Moorjani
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. — M. Scott Peck
If you're going to overdose on anything, overdose on getting better. It's one of the greatest natural highs of life. — Patrick Bet-David
If you commit to yourself... if you commit to love yourself, despite everything that's happened to you, despite everything you've done, your life can be beautiful, but it starts with a decision to move forward. — Tom Bilyeu
We feel guilt when we no longer want to associate with old friends and colleagues who haven’t changed. — Naval Ravikant
It's only when we understand who we really are that we open up the possibility of becoming the person we wish to be. — Rangan Chatterjee
The power to make and break habits and learning how to do that is really important. — Naval Ravikant
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. — James Clear
Getting to know yourself better might just be the most important thing you can do this year. For most of us, this will require more intentional time alone without distraction from our smartphones. — Rangan Chatterjee
Personal Leadership Quotes
Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed. — Mwai Kibaki
We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons. — Emily Murphy
People who are role models for the principles and values of the organization, who buy in and understand the vision of what the organization is trying to accomplish, and have the personality to inspire other people to the vision. You know, that’s what team chemistry and leadership is all about. — Nick Saban
Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right. — Lao Tzu
The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first. — Robert K. Greenleaf
Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully. — John A. Lejeune
The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege. — Peter Drucker
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. — Lao Tzu
You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them. — Justin Trudeau
Self-improvement Quotes
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. — Tony Robbins
Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference. — Russell M. Nelson
It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance. — Jackie Stewart
Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day. — Brian Tracy
Your future is not ahead of you, it's trapped within you — Myles Munroe
You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy. — Wayne Dyer
If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that's enough. And, if tomorrow you are a little bit better than you were today, then that's enough. — David A. Bednar
Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune. — Jim Rohn
Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it. — C. S. Lewis
Most traditional methods of working on oneself are mostly pain centered. People get to repeat over and over their painful emotions without knowing how to use the body's own inherently positive direction and force. — Eugene Gendlin
We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be. — Oswald Chambers
Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough. — Elif Safak
Embracing discomfort can lead to self-discovery and personal transformation. — Michael Easter
The greatest superpower is the ability to change yourself. — Naval Ravikant
I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit. — Elizabeth Gilbert
I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. — Stephen Covey
Comfort is a temporary refuge, whereas discomfort fuels personal growth and transformation. — Michael Easter
If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. — Jim Rohn
We are all capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to be... So let’s hit reset. Let’s begin anew the process of stepping into that person we always wanted, and deserve, to be. — Rich Roll
Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values. Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person - hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre - into an outstanding performer. — Peter Drucker
Like anybody, I like clothes, and I enjoy what I like to wear. We might have a difference in personal outfit choices. Some might not like it. But to judge someone because of their appearance is pretty foolish. If you have time to do that, I suggest you look at yourself in the mirror and spend more time developing yourself. Come on, it's 2013. — G-Dragon
There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery, the aftermath of slavery, the development of the Ku Klux Klan. There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice. — Angela Davis
A fully developed bureaucratic mechanism stands in the same relationship to other forms as does the machine to the non-mechanical production of goods. Precision, speed, clarity, documentary ability, continuity, discretion, unity, rigid subordination, reduction of friction and material and personal expenses are unique to bureaucratic organization. — Max Weber
Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear. Be the kind of person who is naturally powerful, positive, ingenious, open, to the highest degree. Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality. — Jeff Buckley
Reading the right books can change your life. Reading the wrong books can confuse the hell out of you. — Patrick Bet-David
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar
Seek out discomfort. It’s the only place growth happens. — Alex Hormozi
The most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a choice that you make and a skill set that you develop. You choose to be happy, and then you work at it. It’s just like building muscles. — Naval Ravikant
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Personal energy management is as important as any technical skill. — Greg Brockman
Prioritize spending time with people who make you better—who lift you up and make you want to grow. — Sahil Bloom
Be the kind of person others admire, can count on, trust, and enjoy spending time with. After you have developed that reputation, people will start to ask you what you do and you will be amazed at how many people will want to work with you. You will attract others based on your character. — Larry Winget
The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner. — Naval Ravikant
True progress lies in the direction of decentralization, both territorial and functional, in the development of the spirit of local and personal initiative, and of free federation from the simple to the compound, in lieu of the present hierarchy from the centre to the periphery. — Peter Kropotkin
My personal achievements awarded with this title would not have been possible without the enthusiasm and hard work of my international team of young students and PhD students, and without the institutions and funding bodies in Austria, Sweden and Germany that enabled me to set up laboratories and develop research projects. — Emmanuelle Charpentier
By 'socialism' I mean a classless society in which the State has disappeared, production is cooperative, and no man has political or economic power over another. The touchstone would be the extent to which each individual could develop his own talents and personality. — Dwight Macdonald
The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based. — Stephen Covey
Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom — Jim Rohn
Life is about becoming a better version of yourself. — Lucy Hale
The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits. — Bruce Lee
In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty. — Claudio Hummes
You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else. — Zig Ziglar
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