Personal Development Quotes

“Attitude is an inner concept. It is the most important thing you can develop in your life.”

“Dreams grow if you grow.”

“See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails”

“All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.”

“I'm certainly not saying that my life is what success is all about. To me, success is the ongoing process of striving to become more.”

“It's not about getting what you want. It's about experiencing what you really need by becoming more.”

“The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.”

“The never-ending task of self improvement.”

“In order to take our lives to the next level, we must realize that the same pattern of thinking that has gotten us to where we are now will not get us to where we want to go.”

“We're not happy unless we feel like we're growing.”

“Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow.”

“If you are not growing, you are dying.”

“I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.”

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”

“The best way to get trained is to get mentored - live or by reading or watching videos by masters. That way, you start executing based on lessons from the best.”

“You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.”

“I know from my own education that if I hadn't encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I'm sure I would have been in jail.”

“Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a culture shock than going to India. The people in the Indian countryside don't use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work.”

“The ability to find solutions to life's challenges is what makes us grow as a person.”

“I no longer think that learning how to manage people, especially subordinates, is the most important for executives to learn. I am teaching above all else, how to manage oneself.”

“The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs.”

“We can't make people better by trying to eliminate their weaknesses, but we can help then perform better by building on their strengths.”

“Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.”

“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.”

“I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better”