Personal Development Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old personal development quotes, personal development sayings, and personal development proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor Frankl
You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making. Stephen Richards
We must become the change we want to see. Mahatma Gandhi
For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own. Frank Press
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Fredrick Nietzsche
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
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha
Your inner strength is your outer foundation. Allan Rufus
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu
Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment. Vera Farmiga
There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own. Bruce Lee
In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess. Dalai Lama
If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering. Katerina Stoykova Klemer
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis. Zig Ziglar
Any ideas, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. Napoleon Hill
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
The only journey is the journey within. Rainer Maria Rilke