Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Personal Development Quotes
CharacterEducationIntelligencePersonal Development Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
EducationPersonal DevelopmentReadingReflectionSelf-Improvement Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
GrowthPersonal DevelopmentPurposeReflectionSelf-Discovery I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live and could not spare any more time for that one.
Character BuildingGrowthPersonal DevelopmentResponsibilitySelf-Determination The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
DisciplinePersonal DevelopmentPreparationResponsibilitySelf-care How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?
Emotional GrowthFrustrationIdentityPersonal DevelopmentSelf-Discovery I was angry and frustrated when I was younger and didn't know my place in the world.
Emotional GrowthIndividual DifferencesPersonal DevelopmentYouth People have different emotional levels. Especially when you're young.
FictionFocusPersonal DevelopmentPrioritizationReading Habits I don't generally read a lot of fiction.
CareEnvironmentInfluenceMindfulnessPersonal Development We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
AttitudeCharacterPersonal DevelopmentStrengthWeakness Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Character TraitsDiversityInspirationPersonal DevelopmentRole Models Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that is. What people should do is take role models a la carte. If there's someone whose character you appreciated, you respect that trait.
EducationMoralityPersonal DevelopmentReligionSecularism If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.
AdventureDisciplinePersonal DevelopmentStupidityYouth Behavior Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to his own stupidity, or to his lack of discipline, according to the nature of the individual.
GrowthInner ChangePersonal DevelopmentSelf ReflectionTransformation I change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else.
NobilityPersonal DevelopmentSelf-DisciplineSelf MasteryVictory For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
FocusMindsetPersonal DevelopmentProcess Orientation I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
AdaptabilityFlexibilityGrowthPersonal DevelopmentSelf-Discovery Me, as a person, I grow. I'm like a chameleon. You know? That is a gift and a curse for me. But more so a gift, because it never puts me in a box.
EducationGuidanceLearningPersonal DevelopmentSelf-Motivation The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.
Attitude towards trainingMotivationPersonal DevelopmentPositivitySelf-Improvement Generally, I hate training - just like most people, I guess. I try to make it fun and varied.
ChangeCharacterIdentityPersonal DevelopmentResponsibility Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
Character DevelopmentGrowthJourney of LifePersonal DevelopmentResilience Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Arts and MusicEducationFuture OpportunitiesHolistic LearningPersonal Development Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person.