Jake Melara

70 Powerful Quotes That Will Inspire You To Become Your Best Self

Challenge yourself everyday, it's never too late to be the best version of you.
Sade Andria Zabala
August 12, 2016
“As in chess, we can expect to see dramatic gains in the personal and professional lives of people who interpret machine feedback—of all kinds—quickly. A particular personality trait that doesn't come easily to everyone will be needed in a lot of situations: the ability to handle or maybe just ignore the ongoing appearance of stressful situations. ”
— Tyler Cowen, Average is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
Tagged: Average Is Over, Facts, Self-improvement
“Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.”
— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
Tagged: People, Change, Love
“Don’t get mad. Don’t get even. Do better. Much better. Rise above. Become so engulfed in your own success that you forget it ever happened.”
— Donald Driver, No Title
Tagged: Self-Esteem, Rising Above, Revenge, Getting Even, forgiveness
“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
— Carlos Castaneda, No Title
Tagged: Misery, Happiness, strength, Self-improvement, Self-Help
“It is never too late to be who you might have been.”
— George Eliot, No Title
Tagged: Time, Change, character, Self-Development, Self-improvement
“Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.” If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.”
— Laura Vanderkam, Are We As Busy As We Think?
Tagged: Busy, So busy, Time, Self-improvement
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain— and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”
— Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People
Tagged: forgiveness, Self-Control, Empathy, Understanding
“Be the girl who travels and reawaken your sense of hope in the world. Let it change you, transform you, and give you a sort of longing that few other things ever will.”
— Jerrica Peterson, Be The Girl That Travels
Tagged: travel, Hope, Life, Adventure, Change, Self-improvement
“I know I'm not going to be able to change the world, but I think it's important to try to make a difference.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride
Tagged: Change, Life, Making A Difference, Influential, Self-improvement
“Every being in this world makes an impact on at least one person they encounter during their lifetime. You can change the course of someone’s life by just a kind word, a hateful one, or even by simply choosing not to say anything at all. Every choice you make has the potential to create a ripple effect, trickling into and affecting the lives of others.”
— L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection Of Aubrey Miller
Tagged: Life, Perspective, Deep Thoughts, The Universe, kindness, Philosophy
“In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness. That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”
— Barack Obama, Obama On Trump
Tagged: Politics, Ignorance, Life, Donald Trump, Political Correctness, Social Issues, Communication
“He’s a beautiful person. He always tells me: ‘We’ve got to find a way to win by losing.’ In the eyes of society, we’ve lost already. Everyone in here is a loser. We can either be angry about it, or we can keep trying to grow.”
— Anonymous, Humans of New York - Inmate tories
Tagged: Crime, Perspective, perseverance, Moving Forward, Life, Spilled Ink, Winning, Losing, Humans of New York, Growing Pains, Self Improvement
“I’m learning to just let them be, to let them align with my life when the time is right, to the let the universe bring them to me without having to run after them; because if you have to run after something, it means that it doesn’t want to stand still, it doesn’t want to be caught, it doesn’t want to stop at your door.”
— Rania Naim, I’m Slowly Learning To Just Let Things Be
Tagged: Change, Acceptance, Let It Be
“I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment — we are all defined by something we can’t change.”
— Simon Van Booy, The Illusion Of Separateness
Tagged: Life, Happiness, forgiveness, Peace, Fear, Change, Acceptance, Past
“The more you love yourself, the less nonsense you’ll tolerate.”
— Anonymous, The Artidote
Tagged: strength, Girl Power, Self love, Self Worth
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Tagged: Love, Relationships, Giving Love, Opening Up, Self-improvement, Self-Help, Self-Love
“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Zahir
Tagged: Letting Go, Change, Starting Over, Consequence, Blame, Empowering, Self-Direction, Fate
“All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.”
— Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Tagged: Self-improvement, Self-awareness, Self-Worth, Be Positive, Be Kind
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Pride, Self-Worth, Stand For Something
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
— Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
Tagged: Giving, Loving Others, Love, Generosity, kindness, Soul, Khalil Gibran
“You have to stop believing that you need other people’s permission to be okay with yourself. That however you do or don’t align with what other people value determines your worth. That however the world does or doesn’t show you kindness is a direct reflection of how much you deserve it. You have to be kind to yourself. Even, and probably most especially, when it seems least deserved.”
— Brianna Wiest, You Have To Be Kindest To Yourself When It Seems Least Deserved
Tagged: Permission, Self Worth, Your Value
“Be easily impressed - it costs nothing.”
— Michael Lipsey, via Tumblr
Tagged: kindness, Happiness, Life, Perspective
“A wise man who I loved very much once said: “Let’s stop finding a new witch of the week and burning them at the stake. We are all horrible and wonderful and figuring it out.””
— Stephanie Wittels Wachs, The End of Empathy
Tagged: Wisdom, Mob Mentality, humanity, Empathy, Compassion, Philosophy
“Dreams come in all different shapes, and believe it or not giving up is no way to achieve them. Your dream may be different to mine, or his, hers, the rest of the world, or even your families but it is just as attainable as any. Keep working, keep striving and keep challenging yourself to achieve great things and I promise good will come your way.”
— Amy Kennedy, Dreams
Tagged: Dreams, differences, Self-improvement, Self-Worth, Writing, expression, Work Hard, Stay Humble
“You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.”
— Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Tagged: learn, Love, Self-improvement
“But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.”
— Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Tagged: Jackass, kindness, Self-awareness, Self-improvement
“Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.”
— Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
Tagged: History, Greatness, Inspirational, Religion, Perspective, kindness
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.”
— Robert G. Ingersoll, Quotations by Robert G. Ingersoll
Tagged: equal rights, rights, Equality
“The only thing I’m committed to right now is bettering myself.”
— Anonymous, The Artidote
Tagged: Dating, Self love, Self Improvement, Alone
“Don’t become who hurt you.”
— Julia Perluzzo, Untitled
Tagged: Anger, Revenge, forgiveness, Letting Go