188 Personal Growth Quotes To Inspire You To Become A Better Person

188 Inspirational Quotes On Personal Development To Better Your Life

1. “If you really want to do something, don’t just sit there thinking about it, go ahead and do it!”
2. Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”
3. “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
4. We cannot hide anything forever.”
5. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
6. “Doing good things makes one feel good inside.”
7. “You must use your words like weapons; they’ll either make you victorious or destroy you.”
8. “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
9. “There is always something that can be done today with an honest effort.”
10. “One day at a time. That is enough for anyone.”
11. “Everything happens exactly when it is supposed to happen.”
12. “We’ve got to stop saying that happiness comes in the form of money, because it doesn’t.”
13. “A man who dares to dream dreams will achieve them.”
14. “We all have our own demons to fight.”
15. “Never tell me the moon is shining, when there isn’t any moon.”
16. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
17. “Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some sort of battle.”
18. “People rarely succeed without enthusiasm. They simply rise above their circumstances.”
19. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
20. “Remember: Life’s greatest gifts are free.”
21. Everyone wants love, but few want to pay the price.
22. Happiness is getting up each morning and looking forward to what lies before you.
23. “Success is stumbling down the right path while walking backwards.”
24. “Live every day as if it were your last.”
25. “The secret of joyous living is found in the courage to let go of the familiar.”
26. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
27. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
28. When we are young, we admire those who seem perfect. As we get older, we admire those who try to be perfect.”
29. “Love is giving without expecting something back.”
30. “Sometimes we become what we mourn.”
31. “We often overestimate what we can accomplish in one year, but underestimate what we can accomplish in ten years.”
32. “Some days you win, some days you lose, but in the end we remember the ones that mattered most.”
33. “Each sunrise reminds us that yesterday was absolutely magnificent.”
34. No matter how much money you earn, there’s still an empty space where your heart used to be.
35. “A person should look for what is real in his/her life, not what is unreal.”
36. “In order to be happy, you need to find out what truly makes you happy, then pursue it relentlessly.”
37. “How many times has success come knocking on your door?”
38. “Don’t worry about failure, worrying won’t change anything, so why bother trying?”
39. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.”
40. “A great deal can be accomplished today if we do not allow tomorrow to consume us.”
41. “As you grow older, you tend to discover that you cannot live through someone else.”
42. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it, go out and get busy.”
43. “If we had more hours in the day, we would spend them wisely.”
44. “Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you’re wrong.”
45. “Good judgment comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
46. “We all know that time is limited, so we must make the best of it now.”
47. “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It’ll never be perfect.”
48. “There are two ways to avoid criticism, silence and indifference. The world will not condemn you for your ignorance, but it does demand that you learn things quickly.”
49. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
50. “To laugh at yourself means you have accepted responsibility for your own happiness.”
51. “The happiest people are those who know how to enjoy their lives.”
52. “I believe that when one man succeeds, all mankind benefits.”
53. In my dealings with others I have found that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
54. “It’s not what you read in books, or hear on TV, but what you see in your own backyard every day that tells the story of the good earth.”
55. “The way to peace is always through strength.”
56. “You don’t stop playing because you grow old – you grow old because you stop playing.”
57. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
58. “Life has taught me to be careful who you trust, and careful what you promise.
59. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!”
60. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
61. “When you realize that you can succeed only by serving, not by being served, you will understand the source of true greatness.”
62. Worry tends to keep us from enjoying life’s little pleasures.
63. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
64. “No matter where you go, trouble will trail along behind you.”
65. “Never let anyone steal your dreams, for that is the only thing you have left to lose.”
66. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
67. “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
68. “If you try hard enough, you’ll find a way.”
69. “Wherever you go, whatever you do, remember: You are unique. Just like everyone else.”
70. “Do not walk down this path unless you mean to stay here forever.”
71. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a reason even though it may not seem possible.”
72. “Failure is simply feedback information that some problem exists and needs attention.”
73. “Dare to dream big dreams! Live with passion! Be bold! And most importantly, laugh often, love deeply, and respect yourself too much to need anything or anybody else.”
74. “Have courage! Know your limits. But above all, be kind.”
75. “A man must have goals if he is to have any purpose.”
76. “Courage doesn’t always roar…sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’.”
77. “You’re as young as the mind that thinks you are.’
78. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
79. Sometimes what is called a failure is merely another person’s success.”
80. “Fame is fleeting. You cannot sustain it over long periods without serious damage to your personality. Fame is nice, but it isn’t worth dying for.”
81. “We tend to become what we think about.”
82. “Whatever you give up today, you will regret tomorrow.”
83. “There is such a thing as self-fulfillment, and it begins with each individual fulfilling himself.
84. “Every time you start out to make a new beginning, you stumble on the same old prejudices and limitations of yesterday.”
85. “Some people live a lifetime looking backward; they spend their entire days trying to recapture the past. It is sad to watch them, for there is nothing more useless than nostalgia.”
86. To thine own self be true.
87. “Remember, when everything seems lost, there is still hope.”
88. “It is never too late to be whoever you might have been.”
89. “It takes great strength to show weakness.”
90. “Live in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, you feel like going back to bed.”
91. “Happiness is something you make yourself.”
92. “Most people die having lived lives of comfort.”
93. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
94. “Greatness is not usually achieved by following others, but rather by leading oneself.”
95. Success is measured not so much by how high you climb as how many rungs you leave behind.”
96. “Life is not easy for any of us – but what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.”
97. “Your real enemies are not other men, but the ideas you hold about other men.”
98. “The greatest happinesses are not bought; they are given away freely.”
99. “Each moment has enough pain for its own sake.”
100. “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than ideal circumstances. So what?”
101. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on Earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
102. “Forgive everyone, except those who deserve forgiveness.”
103. “Love does not consist in gazing into each other’s eyes, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
104. “To love someone is to see the beauty inside him or her and allow it to blossom.”
105. The most important decisions one makes in life do not occur during times of stress. They occur while doing ordinary tasks: washing dishes, walking down the street, waiting in line.”
106. “It is difficult to succeed because so many want to succeed.”
107. “Only the inexperienced fail to achieve excellence.”
108. “Let me tell you why I am here. I’m here to chew bubble gum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubble gum.”
109. “No matter where you go, no matter whom you meet, no matter what happens, remember this truth…”
110. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.”
111. We should work hard to become better people. But the rewards that come from being good are far greater than anything else we could possibly accomplish.”
112. I believe that every human being possesses an invincible soul which seeks only peace and contentment.
113. “A person who thinks he has no limitations, either internal or external, has already reached perfection.”
114. “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
115. “Always bear in mind that you cannot convince a person who is convinced against you.”
116. “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, till it lights the world.”
117. “He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.”
118. “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
119. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
120. There comes a time when you realize that your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
121. “To deny your past is to doom yourself to repeat it.”
122. “When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
123. “If you find that you are bored at home, then you are probably stuck at home with your thoughts.”
124. “To live a creative life, you have to learn to express your creativity through action rather than words.”
125. “Every day you must look in the mirror and ask if today is the best version of you that you can be.”
126. “Life is 10% what you experience and 90% how you respond to it.”
127. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
128. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
129. Everyone seems happy with their lot in life. To them, there are no problems. The problem they ignore are the ones within themselves.”
130. “Knowledge without character is useless. Character without knowledge is dangerous.”
131. “In order to change the direction you need first to change the channel.”
132. “The difference between success and failure depends on your ability to recognize the right moment for taking action.”
133. “Sometimes we think we don’t have any power over something until we try to resist it. Then we discover we actually do have some control.”
134. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
135. “When you stop expecting people to be perfect they become perfect.”
136. “Everything happens as it should happen if you will but not until you will.”
137. “Don’t dwell on mistakes – learn from them.”
138. “If you’re having trouble, it means you’ve done something right.”
139. “Failure doesn’t mean you didn’t try. Failure Means you tried so hard you couldn’t succeed.”
140. “Success doesn’t depend on money. It depends on happiness.”
141. “Success isn’t everything. Happiness is. As long as you make the effort to be happy, you’ll eventually achieve success.”
142. “We tend to forget the reasons why we were born. We lose sight of our purpose and drift into lives defined by our wants instead of living for our dreams.”
143. “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
144. “One of the hardest things about losing weight is letting go of habits that served you well in the past.”
145. “As much as I want to say that I hate the fact I was born here, I really love it here because I’m surrounded by all these amazing creatures.”
146. “All the good we want always come to those who wait.”
147. “I am often asked how did I arrive at this point in my life? My answer is simple: I decided to focus on what I wanted in life.”
148. “There’s no such thing as failure; there’s just feedback.”
149. “Nothing changes unless you change.”
150. “It’s easy to judge others. But remember that everyone needs help once in awhile.”
151. “If you see someone struggling with a challenge that you know how to solve, offer to help. You may be able to give them the same kind of encouragement you wish you’d had when you needed it most.”
152. “No matter where you are, or who you are with, there’s strength in numbers.”
153. “People usually don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
154. “Be nice to people on the way up because you’ll meet them on the way down.”
155. “When you run out of excuses to avoid doing anything new, you won’t have any left to fail.”
156. “To reach tomorrow, you must put one foot in front of the other today.”
157. “How can you call yourself successful if you have no idea where you came from? How can you call yourself intelligent if you don’t know how smart you really are?”
158. A person who has learned nothing since childhood remains forever a child.
159. “Always choose the harder path. Don’t settle for less than perfection.”
160. “Dare to live dangerously. Live life on the edge.”
161. “Doing the right thing, even though nobody else does, makes you feel better than everybody else doing wrong.”
162. “Every day we get a chance to start again, to begin anew. Each morning, we are born again.”
163. “Life is like a drop of rain falling into an ocean of possibilities. The important question is whether your choices are big enough to catch all that drops of rain.
164. “The real secret to staying young is accepting responsibility for your own aging.”
165. “It’s not what you do in life that counts. It’s what you count on doing in life.”
166. “Never let anyone tell you that you cannot do something. Nobody can tell you that! If you believe in yourself, then surely the world believes in you too!”
167. “Your only job is to stay alive till next Friday.”
168. “What would happen if nobody ever got sick? What if nobody ever died? Would our society crumble? Of course not–we wouldn’t need police officers, courts, prisons, ambulances, doctors or hospitals. In fact, we wouldn’t need anybody.”
169. “Remember, you’re not doomed to repeat the past. You get to decide which direction you want to take.”
170. “Wherever you go, there you are.”
171. “It doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside, if you’re dying inside, you’re already dead.”
172. “When you stop learning, you also stop growing.”
173. Laughter will keep you healthy, wealthy, wise, strong and famous.
174. “We learn more from mistakes than from successes.”
175. You can always make things worse by worrying about them, but sometimes you can actually improve matters by thinking positively.”
176. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
177. “Knowledge alone is never power. Power alone is never knowledge.”
178. “Success is a journey, not a destination.”
179. The first step towards success is taken when you decide that you will take charge of your life.”
180. A happy mind, a free spirit and a positive attitude are three of the best aphrodisiacs known to man.
181. “Don’t wait for the perfect moment, seize the moment and make it perfect.”
182. “The key to happiness is self-knowledge.”
183. “If you could be sure of absolutely nothing, you’d still be standing at the crossroads.”
184. “No matter what others say or think of us, we are responsible for ourselves.”
185. “I’m just as anxious to help others as I am to help myself.”
186. “People often ask me why I was born with a gift for public speaking and yet chose to remain silent in my work. I usually tell them that they should find out for themselves before asking the questions.”
187. “Happiness comes from helping others become happier.”
188. “As long as I am breathing, I am alive; as long as I am alive, I am worth living for.”

Final Thoughts

I hope that these inspirational quotes on personal development have helped you to be a successful person that you aspire to be. Don’t let your fear of failure hold you back because you will never know what you may achieve if you don’t try to achieve anything.

Best of luck!