225 Famous Quotes to Inspire Development

Quotes to Inspire Development

We publish quotes to inspire the development of our readers across the People Development Network.  We thought you might like to have one place where you can either copy the quotes or you can simply browse to increase your inspiration!  Either way here is the most popular quotes we have shared.  I hope you like these quotes to inspire development or simply to give you a lift in your busy day.

1. You become what you believe. – Oprah Winfrey

2. The book you don’t read won’t help.  -Jim Rohn

3. A friend to all is a friend to none. – Aristotle

4. There is no education like adversity. – Disraeli

5. We become what we think about. – Earl Nightingale

6. The best way out is always through. – Robert Frost

7. An obstacle is often a stepping stone. – Prescott

8. An unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

9. The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra

10. Chase your passion, not your pension. -Denis Waitley

11. If not us, who? If not now, when? – John F. Kennedy

12. Vision without execution is a delusion. – Thomas Edison

13. Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. – Seneca

14. We tend to live up to our expectations. -E. Nightingale

15. Adversity introduces a man to himself. – Author Unknown

16. Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it. – Joe Clark

17. To respond is positive, and to react is negative. -Zig Ziglar

18. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. -Jim Rohn

19. Life is “trying things to see if they work” – Ray Bradbury

20. Tomorrow is only found on the calendar of fools. -Og Mandino

21. If we don’t start, certainly, we can’t arrive. -Zig Ziglar

22. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. – Dale Carnegie

23. We’re never gonna survive unless we go a little mad. – Seal

24. If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

25. The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Unknown

26. If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

27. Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. – Christopher Reeve

28. Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

29. Those who wish to sing, always find a song. – Swedish Proverb

30. Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching. – Unknown

31. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

32. Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. – Napoleon Hill

33. Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. -Les Brown

34. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. -Tony Robbins

35. Relationships are the hallmark of a mature person. -Brian Tracy

36. You are what you think about all day long. – Dr. Robert Schuller

37. Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.  -Jim Rohn

38. Some people find fault like there is a reward for it. -Zig Ziglar

39. A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. – Thomas Carlyle

40. Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. -Napoleon Hill

41. There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. – Aristotle

42. Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. -Og Mandino

43. Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. – Thomas Edison

44. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. – Dalai Lama

45. You must be the change you want to see in the world – Mahatma Gandhi

46. Positive anything is better than negative thinking. – Elbert Hubbard

47. Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders. – Tom Peters

48. We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. – Ronald Reagan

49. Do first things first, and second things not at all. – Peter Drucker.

50. Successful people are simply those with successful habits. -Brian Tracy

51. Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality. -Les Brown

52. Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour. – Truman Capote

53. There is no such thing as failure. There are only results. -Tony Robbins

54. We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. -Les Brown

55. Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

56. To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard

57. He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche

58. I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. – Oprah Winfrey

59. If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive. -Dale Carnegie

60. There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late. -Og Mandino

61. Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life. -Denis Waitley

62. Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night. -Zig Ziglar

63. Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. -Les Brown

64. If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. -Jim Rohn

65. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden

66. Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. – Dan Stanford

67. Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. -Brian Tracy

68. Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination. – Roy Goodman

69. The surest way not to fail is to be determined to succeed. – Richard B. Sheridan

70. You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. -Dale Carnegie

71. Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. – Richard Bach

72. Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. -Og Mandino

73. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. -Jim Rohn

74. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn

75. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career! -E. Nightingale

76. Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.- Unknown

77. Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience. -Brian Tracy

78. The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James

79. Cause Change & Lead, Accept Change & Survive, Resist Change & Die – Ray Norda

80. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service. -E. Nightingale

81. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Dennis P. Kimbro

82. Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn. -E. Nightingale

83. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. -Napoleon Hill

84. It’s not what you know; it’s what you use that makes a difference. -Zig Ziglar

85. No man can succeed in a line of endeavour which he does not like. -Napoleon Hill

86. To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. – Mark Twain

87. Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. – Voltaire

88. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. – Mark Twain

89. Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals. -Zig Ziglar

90. People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. -E. Nightingale

91. Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. -Les Brown

92. Those convinced against their will agree still. -Dale Carnegie

93. You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou

94. You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. -Denis Waitley

95. Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. -Denis Waitley

96. Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us. -E. Nightingale

97. You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest. -Denis Waitley

98. Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. – Machiavelli.

99. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do. -Dale Carnegie

100. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. – Unknown

101. What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say – Ralph Waldo Emerson

102. Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. -Napoleon Hill

103. Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. -Tony Robbins

104. The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

105. You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself. – Ethel Barrymore

106. All our dreams can come true – if we dare to pursue them. – Walt Disney

107. Build your dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. – Farrah Gray

108. You don’t “pay the price” for success enjoy the benefits of success. -Zig Ziglar

109. All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. -Napoleon Hill

110. Your company’s most valuable asset is how it is known to its customers. -Brian Tracy

111. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. – Napoleon Hill

112. A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. -Tony Robbins

113. You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert. -Denis Waitley

114. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. -Jim Rohn

115. Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – Mark Twain

116. It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom. -Zig Ziglar

117. Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. -Tony Robbins

118. Whatever you do will be insignificant, but you must do it. –unknown

119. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett

120. Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality. -Napoleon Hill

121. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius

122. Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. – Japanese Proverb

123. If you worry about yesterday’s failures, then today’s successes will be few. – Anonymous

124. I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. – Winston Churchill

125. Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined. – Unknown

126. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle

127. You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility. -Zig Ziglar

128. You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. -Dale Carnegie

129. Whenever you find the whole world against you just turn around and lead the world. – Anonymous

130.  In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. – Robert Frost

131. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. -Dale Carnegie

132. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. -Og Mandino

133. Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.  -Jim Rohn

134. If you’re sincere, praise is effective. If you’re insincere, it’s manipulative. -Zig Ziglar

135. The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it.  -Jim Rohn

136. The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. -Denis Waitley

137. Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there! – Will Rogers

138. How am I going to live today to create the tomorrow I’m committed to? -Tony Robbins

139. I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there. – Bob Hope

140. Sometimes you just have to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you. – Dr Phil

141. Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. – William B. Sprague

142. Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success. – Unknown

142. Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time. -Brian Tracy

144. The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. -Napoleon Hill

145. The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck. -Tony Robbins

146. Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. -Les Brown

147. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. – Albert Einstein

148. Talent is formed in solitude, a character in the bustle of the world. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

149. An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. – Bill Bernbach

150. The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders. – Foster’s Law

151. The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. -Dale Carnegie

152. Effective communication is 20% of what you know and 80% of how you feel about what you know.  -Jim Rohn

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

154. Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. – Wayne Dyer

155. It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. -Brian Tracy

156. Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. -Les Brown

157. I can’t understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I’m frightened by old ones. – John Cage

158. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi

159. If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. – J.M. Power

160. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect. – Mark Twain

161. You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

162. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy. -Dale Carnegie

163. You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.  -Jim Rohn

164. Certain things catch your eye but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb

165. Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try. – Jack Canfield

166. The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape. – Unknown

167. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

168. Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. – Thomas Edison

169. Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means. – Albert Einstein

170. True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

171. If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet. – Isaac B. Singer
172. There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win. -Les Brown

173. Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.- Richard L. Evans

174. Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent. – Marilyn vos Savant

175. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. -Tony Robbins

176. When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what? – Sydney Harris

177. Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. -Denis Waitley

178. Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. – Brendan Francis

179. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. – Thomas Edison

180. The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. -E. Nightingale

181. Winners make a habit of manufacturing their positive expectations in advance of the event. -Brian Tracy

182. Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile! -Og Mandino

183. Always bear in mind that your resolution to succeed is more important than any other. – Abraham Lincoln

184. Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. -Og Mandino

185. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. – Sir Winston Churchill

186. Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” –Unknown

187. It is not what we get. But who we become, and what we contribute… gives meaning to our lives. -Tony Robbins

188. People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them. -Tony Robbins

189. We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do. -Dale Carnegie

190. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Goethe

191. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. – Albert Einstein

192. Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. – Dr. Joyce Brothers

193. You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. -Les Brown

194. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

195. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua J. Marine

196. All you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord. -E. Nightingale

197. Flops are a part of life’s menu and I’ve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses. – Rosalind Russell

198. I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people. – Mohandas Gandhi

199. You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you. -Brian Tracy

200. I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts. -Og Mandino

201. It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfilment, it is in the happiness of pursuit. -Denis Waitley

202. You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar

203. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. -Og Mandino

204. We’re afraid, it’s because we don’t know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid. -E. Nightingale

205. By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day- Robert Frost

206. I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted. -Og Mandino

207. If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals. -Brian Tracy

208. If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. – E. Joseph Cossman

209. Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. -E. Nightingale

210. The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going. -Napoleon Hill

211. Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future. -Denis Waitley

212. Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. -Les Brown

213. Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. -Napoleon Hill

214. His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration 1% of perspiration, 99%. – Thomas Edison

215. There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it. – Mario Cuomo

216. Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton

217. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. – Steve Jobs

218. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. – Eleanor Roosevelt

219. Anyone can do something when they WANT to do it. Successful people do things when they don’t want to do it. – Dr. Phil

220. If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. – Marie Osmond

221. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein

222. Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great. – Cher

223. Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re probably right. Henry Ford

224. Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. – Oprah Winfrey
225. It is better to play than do nothing. – Confucius