Wednesday, May 18, 2011

SELF DEVELOPMENT QUOTES

{From weheartit.com}

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.
[Abd-el-Kadar]

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.
[Lord Chesterfield]

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?
[Lord Chesterfield]

Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.
[William Thackeray]

He that will not reflect is a ruined man.
[Asian Proverb]

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
[Doug Firebaugh]

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
[Chinese Proverb]
 
The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
[Socrates]

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
[Robert Cushing]
 
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
[Aristotle]
 
We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
[Francois de La Rochefoucauld]
 
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
[Plato]
 
Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.
[Herbert Otto]

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.
[Marquise du Deffand]

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.
[A. Bronson Alcott]

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
[Benjamin Franklin]

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
[Thomas Edison]

2 comments:

Faaein Talip Roy said...

singgah..
memang kata2 yang best!.. =]

Brilliant Marjan said...

tulah..wt hati dan diri rasa motivasi