The number one reason why most people fail in their self-development journey is that they focus more on their weaknesses and failures. While everyone knows the importance of staying positive in difficult situations, it can feel impossible to apply when a problem arises.
Irrespective of your goals and aspirations, these quotes by great minds are sure to come in handy when you feel discouraged in your self-improvement journey.
- “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall
- “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
- “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually, the confidence will follow.” – Carrie Fisher
- “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 swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.” – Robin Sharma
- “Don’t go through life, grow through life.” – Eric Butterworth
- “We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou
- “I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” – Larry Bird
- “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
- “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
- “Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” – Paulo Coelho
- “We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance, they have travelled from the point where they started.” – Henry Ward Beecher
- “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald
- “Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” – Hillary Clinton
- “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” – ShondaRhimes
- “Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life.” – Deborah Day
- “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Be patient with yourself. You are growing stronger every day. The weight of the world will become lighter…and you will begin to shine brighter. Don’t give up.” – Robert Tew
- “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison
- “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you…never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth”I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more
- “I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.” – William Thackeray
- “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb
- “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane von Furstenberg
- “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
- “It is never too late to be who you might have been.” – George Eliot
- “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” – Malala Yousafzai
- “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experiences that reveals the human spirit.” – E.E. Cummings
- “There’s only one growth strategy: work hard.” – William Hague
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