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All of us, who
are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the
follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792-1822, British Poet
But you think
that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I
would if I could get into a better before I was called into
the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in
a hole.
-- Jonathan Swift
1667-1745, Anglo-Irish
Satirist
The best rules
to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust
one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
-- Sir William Temple
1628-1699, British Diplomat,
Essayist
To affect the
quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man
is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of
the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
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If you wish to
achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life,
you must become a worthwhile person in your own
self-development.
-- Brian Tracy
American Trainer, Speaker,
Author, Businessman
Invest three
percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in
order to guarantee your future.
-- Brian Tracy
American Trainer, Speaker,
Author, Businessman
Before a
diamond shows its brilliancy and prismatic colors it has to
stand a good deal of cutting and smoothing.
-- Source Unknown
The biggest
room in the world, is the room for improvement.
-- Source Unknown
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