Personal development Quotes

"A good relationship is not a refuge from the stresses of the world, it’s a fantastic laboratory for determining how best to face them." "If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far." "The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years" "The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself" "Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future" "Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is" "Happiness is an achievement brought about by the inner productiveness of man and it is a state of being which can be maintained only as long as our inner productiveness isn’t dead" "Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work" "We are natural learners. Learning is our default state." "The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done" "Through others we become ourselves" "Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." "Optimism is a strategy for making a better future." "You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be" "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."