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Self-development Quotes


"I was convinced that I would be, that I was already, one in a million."


"The only keeper of your happiness is you. Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth and your attitude."


"Nobody alive today can tell me how much I am worth. I change that everyday."


"If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported."


"Open your arms to CHANGEbut don't let go of your VALUES."


"I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody."


"Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for."


"Even the most aware of us do not realize the infinite power we possess or the magnitude of the ability we have to create, transmute, and transcend."


"To the same degree that your understanding of and attitude towards Afrika becomes more positive, your understanding of and attitude towards yourself will also becomes more positive..."


"The question to always be in your inner dialogue, asking yourself...is it kind?"


"When you know who you are, you won't have false modesty."


"A human being should learn to make decisions independently in order to achieve goals efficiently."


"Create life, that allow you to have a free flow from inside. This will happen when you improve your inner world and create life more out of understanding."


"Be who you are. You may not always please but you will never go wrong."


"It is necessary for everyone to develop their internal personality."


"Change isn't always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance " usually about ourselves " and we become better people for it."


"Complex prevents a person from being a fully valued personality."


"Be the same person- with or without money."


"Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too."


"Going to see plays isn't what you people should do. Try looking at yourselves a little more often and see what gray lives you all lead. How much of what you say is unnecessary."


"Emotional intelligence is making a huge mistake, but learning from it, forgiving yourself, and setting new and higher related-standards below which you will never operate."


"Acknowledge and voice the positives LOUDER than the negatives."


"An authentic and genuine life grows like a sturdy tree. And like a tree, it grows slowly. Every time you make a different and better decision, it grows a little. Every time you choose to do the right thing, even when nobody would find out otherwise, it grows a little. Every time you act with compassion, relinquish your right to strike back, take a courageous stand, admit fault or accept responsibility, it grows a little."


"If you let it bother you, it will bother you."


"If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change."


"Being able to say, 'No, is a necessary ingredient in a healthy lifestyle."


"Your words to yourself and to others should uplift, never tear down."


"With improved coping skills forged through my midlife crisis, I now listen first and do not control, and I allow these now adult children to come to their own conclusions about what they want for their lives."


"Life is a do-it-yourself project."


"Challenge your assumptions and identify your limiting beliefs. Every time you find yourself thinking that you can't do something, ask yourself, 'why not?"


"Nobody from your past should be held responsible for your future. The only person accountable for your future is you."
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