Personal Development Quotes

"Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first." "Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure." "Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good." "Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life. Foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent." "A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing." "Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox." "Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened." "It’s funny, but those who hate me the most sometimes inspire me the most." "When you want to talk about who made me, you talk to me. Who made me, is me." "I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others." "If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it — then I can achieve it." "We spend more time learning how to make a living than we do learning how to make a life." "No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up." "Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man." "I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest." "My mother never gave up on me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back." "One of the most important things you can accomplish is just being yourself." "Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value." "My work, my goal, my life, it’s like a treadmill. And there’s no stop-button on my treadmill. Once I get on, I just keep going."