In a world full of challenges and constant change, words of wisdom can provide the motivation and clarity we need to keep moving forward. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, guidance, or a fresh perspective, this curated collection of the top 117 self-help quotes offers powerful insights to uplift your spirit and empower your personal growth journey. Dive in and discover the encouragement that can help you unlock your true potential.
1. “We have very little faith in the Lord, very little trust. If we trusted the Lord as much as we trust a friend when we ask him to do something for us, neither we as individuals nor our whole country would suffer so much.” - Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
2. “It's not a problem. There are people out there with much worse problems than mine."-Cynthia"Doesn't make yours any more fun to bear."-Liza"No. But it does help with the self-pity."- Cynthia” - Jennifer Crusie
3. “Small fruit is better than big words.” - Pastor Jerry L. Lewis
4. “A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.” - Vera Nazarian
5. “Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. So when someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier.” - David J. Pollay
6. “Together we agree that there are few tableaus more pathetic than a woman poring over a plethora of self-help books, while in a small café across town her husband is sharing a bottle of Pouilly-Fuissé and fettucini Alfredo with a beautiful woman, fondling her fishnet knee and making careful plans to escape his life.” - Suzanne Finnamore
7. “IF YOU CHOKE YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL NEVER REACH YOUR DESTINY” - Mo Stegall
8. “IF YOU DON'T GO AFTER WHAT YOU WANT; YOU COULD SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SETTLING FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET” - Mo Stegall
9. “The moon changes each night but she does so in an understandable rhythm. And just as the tides ebb and flow and the moon waxes and wanes, our bodies’ hormones ebb and flow and our energies wax and wane. Our bodies are more like the rivers than like the rocks, more like the oceans than like machines. The more we can respect the cycles and changes and needs of our bodies, the more we can move with the flow of our lives.In other words, swear by the moon. Or, trust your body.” - Golda Poretsky
10. “The “Warrior Ethos” emphasizes placing the mission first, not accepting defeat, and being disciplined physically and mentally. Why? Because an American Soldier is a “guardian of freedom and the American way of life.” - Dan Smee
11. “Part of abandoning the all-or-nothing mentality is allowing yourself room for setbacks. We are bound to have lapses on the road to health and wellness, but it is critical that we learn how to handle small failures positively so that we can minimize their long-term destructive effects. One setback is one setback—it is not the end of the world, nor is it the end of your journey toward a better you.” - Jillian Michaels
12. “Learn to deal with the fact that you are not a perfect person but you are a person that deserves respect and honesty.” - Pandora Poikilos
13. “When I examined my own life, I realized that I had been standing at the foot of my mother's casket for 35 years, grieving her loss in so many ways in my daily life. I needed to reframe this challenging life event," admits Dr. Williams. "I reframed it to view my life as a train ride upon which my mother is with me. I hope I am taking her to places that surprise her and places she envisioned her children would go. Today she lives with me in a positive way.” - Nathaniel J. Williams
14. “In the beginning I revelled in being so rebellious and bad. I had recently discovered the new age book You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, which incorporated the power of visualization and affirmations. Even then the book resonated, resulting in me asserting, 'I, Paris, am the best hooker in town!' repeatedly on the long drive to work. I am not sure this is what Louise Hay had in mind!” - Joanne Brodie
15. “To have more peace, as well as more time, start by letting go of the notion that time can be manipulated. Then, let go of the idea that it confines you. Instead, set out to use the time that is there for its true and best purpose – as the space within which you can live your life to the fullest.” - Michelle Passoff
16. “We are so accustomed to the comforts of "I cannot", "I do not want to" and "it is too difficult" that we forget to realize when we stop doing things for ourselves and expect others to dance around us, we are not achieving greatness. We have made ourselves weak.” - Pandora Poikilos
17. “Physical training is mental warfare!” - Dr. Tae Yun Kim
18. “Using your mind is a faster method to getting what you want. I mean, all you have to do is sit there. What could be easier?” - Stephen Richards
19. “Knowing that the brain is predisposed to religion and spirituality, then might it be that God is a creation of the brain?” - Stephen Richards
20. “Since extra-sensory perception (ESP) is awareness of the world beyond the senses, it would be inappropriate to term this Sixth Sense ‘extrasensory’.” - Stephen Richards
21. “What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need.” - George Alexiou
22. “If the great internet connects us all ... then why are so many of us becoming increasingly isolated?” - Stephen Richards
23. “Focusing is the great secret of power. If you want to use your full amount of focus, you must close down all other thought and direct your power of generating mental steam toward one outcome.” - Stephen Richards
24. “If we can acquire an attitude of self-belief, then we will surely determine our future actions and our future life opportunities.” - Stephen Richards
25. “Failing to make it to the list of the best 5 students in class or not being named the team captain should not make anyone feel like they have failed.” - Stephen Richards
26. “Humans, unlike Jedi, are powerfully afraid of rejection. We do not survive well alone, so humans as a species are especially vulnerable to thoughts that make us afraid the rest of the “tribe” will desert us to die a sad, lonely death.” - Stephen Richards
27. “This inner Being is all powerful, intelligent, indestructible and a storehouse of knowledge and wisdom. This inner core is truly who and what you are and is perpetually trying to connect with your outward self.” - Stephen Richards
28. “Self-confidence is contagious.” - Stephen Richards
29. “A Master Jedi feels emotions, but they do not allow them to influence their reasoning. Yoda told Luke that he would know the good from the bad when he was 'calm, at peace.” - Stephen Richards
30. “With every challenge you face, there is an opportunity hidden that will lead you towards the path of wealth and abundance.” - Stephen Richards
31. “Success is within reach of all people, but you can grasp it only when you realise the power within you.” - Stephen Richards
32. “The difference between being mediocre and achieving excellence is you.” - Stephen Richards
33. “The realisation that limitations are imaginary will make you strong and overpowering.” - Stephen Richards
34. “Spiritual yearning is the homesickness of the soul.” - Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
35. “Understand that for better or worse, you create your own life.” - Stephen Richards
36. “We can only find those faults in others that already exist within us, and the same goes for those things we admire about them.” - Stephen Richards
37. “While it is easy to get caught up in the beliefs and attitudes of others, it is easier still to make one’s self a victim of circumstance. Victims of circumstance believe they have no power over their lives, since they are merely the play-things of fate. Since they believe this, it is therefore so.” - Stephen Richards
38. “When you express gratitude for the blessings that come into your life, it not only encourages the universe to send you more, it also sees to it that those blessings remain.” - Stephen Richards
39. “Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.” - Steve Backley
40. “You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.” - Steve Backley
41. “Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to move in a new direction. Start creating your own good luck today.” - Steve Backley
42. “They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game.” - Steve Backley
43. “For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.” - Steve Backley
44. “The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the solution when the time is right.” - Steve Backley
45. “Invest your energy in the things you can control.” - Steve Backley
46. “If you decide not to take action, you are going to fail, and even if you do take action, if you can’t keep up your motivation, you will simply end up back where you started.” - Steve Backley
47. “To think is good. To obsess is bad.” - Steve Backley
48. “Success is virulent. Once you get the bug then it’s in you.” - Steve Backley
49. “Tell me your thinking, and I’ll tell you what your life looks like.” - Steve Backley
50. “Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.” - Steve Backley
51. “There are three types of people in this world. Firstly, there are people who make things happen. Then there are people who watch things happen. Lastly, there are people who ask, what happened? Which do you want to be?” - Steve Backley
52. “Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.” - Steve Backley
53. “Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.” - Steve Backley
54. “If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world.” - Steve Backley
55. “I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb and and the tree will accommodate it's loss, still growing and still beautiful. It is my hope to be able to flourish in a similar fashion, taking on the shape and dimensions that is intended for me.” - Julia Cameron
56. “Observe & accept what ever arises & know that everything is as it needs to be.” - Allan Lokos
57. “The question is why one should be so inwardly preoccupied at all. Why not reach out to others in love and solidarity or peer into the natural world for some glimmer of understanding? Why retreat into anxious introspection when, as Emerson might have said, there is a vast world outside to explore? Why spend so much time working on oneself when there is so much real work to be done?” - Barbara Ehrenreich
58. “On the Brevity of Our TiesTies in this world last only for a time. We are husband and wife, parent and child, for a short period only. Once this reality sinks in, we cannot help treasuring each moment of our brief association.” - Kentetsu Takamori
59. “Our way of thinking creates good or bad outcomes.” - Stephen Richards
60. “My fear of abandonment is exceeded only by my terror of intimacy.” - Ethlie Ann Vare
61. “Just because something is addictive doesn't mean that you will get addicted to it. But . . . if your stomach ties up in knots while you count the seconds waiting for a phone call from that special someone . . . if you hear a loud buzzing in your ears when you see a certain person's car (or one just like it) . . . if your eyes burn when you hear a random love song or see a couple holding hands . . . if you suffer the twin agonies of craving for and withdrawing from a series of unrequited crushes or toxic relationships . . . if you always feel like you're clutching at someone's ankle and dragged across the floor as they try to leave the room . . . welcome to the club.” - Ethlie Ann Vare
62. “A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.” - Stephen Richards
63. “When you reach out to those in need, do not be surprised if the essential meaning of something occurs.” - Stephen Richards
64. “The first and most important person you must believe in is yourself.” - Toni Sorenson
65. “Compassion is the religion of the heart.” - Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
66. “The degree to which your Consciousness expands, is the degree to which you understand yourself and the universe.” - Gina Charles
67. “God is a God of purpose. He doesn't wake-up and start dabbling into things; He doesn't practice trial and error. His ways are sure, they may be low but they are always sure.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
68. “The Prince came to give life unto those whose lives were almost being snuffed out by the devil via the cares of this world.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
69. “We cannot prevail by our own might or strength, we need to plug on to the source of our strength so that we will remain resourceful always.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
70. “So cheer up Beloved; for your God is able, He is the maker of all things.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
71. “God comes down in the evenings to chat with man, enjoy man's company and find out how man faired in the course of the day.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
72. “The presence of God is so important in the life of believers. There is abundance of all you need to make your life comfortable in His presence.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
73. “The presence of the Lord destroys a life of struggle. You will struggle until you encounter His presence.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
74. “Worship is the marriage of two Spirits - the Spirit of God and the Spirit of man.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
75. “Create your world with God's Word in your mouth just say it and it will be accomplished!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
76. “You are not permitted to live and die as a non-entity because you have encountered the greatness that is associated with Christ.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
77. “One can never "fall" in love, you must rise to it's level of consciousness. Love is not a feeling, it's a state of MIND!” - T.C. Carrier
78. “Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.” - Bernard Branson
79. “In this America, too, the Christian teaching that every human soul is unique and precious has been stressed, by the prophets of self-fulfillment and gurus of self-love, at the expense of the equally important teaching that every human soul is fatally corrupted by original sin. Absent the latter emphasis, religion becomes a license for egotism and selfishness, easily employed to justify what used to be considered deadly sins. The result is a society where pride becomes 'healthy self-esteem', vanity becomes 'self-improvement', adultery becomes 'following your heart', greed and gluttony become 'living the American dream'.” - Ross Douthat
80. “Whatever your desire, use Cosmic Ordering to get what you require!” - Stephen Richards
81. “In the beginning man was poor, then along came Cosmic Ordering.” - Stephen Richards
82. “A clever person solves a problem; a wise person uses Cosmic Ordering!” - Stephen Richards
83. “BlessBacks: Souvenirs for those who express their gratitude to their illuminators.” - Julie Saffrin
84. “Learn to be brave and adventurous because you’ll never discover your place in the world, if you’re too afraid to leave your own backyard.” - Nina Guilbeau
85. “Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '. Self pity will destroy relationships, it'll destroy anything that's good, it will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leave only itself. And it's so simple to imagine that one is hard done by, and that things are unfair, and that one is underappreciated, and that if only one had had a chance at this, only one had had a chance at that, things would have gone better, you would be happier if only this, that one is unlucky. All those things. And some of them may well even be true. But, to pity oneself as a result of them is to do oneself an enormous disservice.I think it's one of things we find unattractive about the american culture, a culture which I find mostly, extremely attractive, and I like americans and I love being in america. But, just occasionally there will be some example of the absolutely ravening self pity that they are capable of, and you see it in their talk shows. It's an appalling spectacle, and it's so self destructive. I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying 'How To Be Happy by Stephen Fry : Guaranteed success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say - ' Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself - And you will be happy '. Use the rest of the book to write down your interesting thoughts and drawings, and that's what the book would be, and it would be true. And it sounds like 'Oh that's so simple', because it's not simple to stop feeling sorry for yourself, it's bloody hard. Because we do feel sorry for ourselves, it's what Genesis is all about.” - Stephen Fry
86. “Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!” - Chris Colfer
87. “Principle of Change #1: Discontent + Passion Drive Change” - Brett Blumenthal
88. “Principle of Change #6: Change is an ever-evolving process.” - Brett Blumenthal
89. “An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it.” - Roger Ebert
90. “Although life is filled with twists and turns, only you have the ability to make positive changes to your life. You can do it. One day at a time! ~ Taken from "Words of Wisdom for Warriors" by EM.EM.Genesis” - E.M. E.M. Genesis
91. “Love is seeking the good and being the good.” - Erica Goros
92. “After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty.” - Dorothy Rowe
93. “When a man finds this kind of woman, he will go all out for her knowing that she will not be a letdown.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.
94. “Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle” - Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon
95. “Healing can be a long and winding road or a straightforward march to the finish line.” - Alice McCall
96. “Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, but appropriate actions in an imperfect one.” - R.H. Blyth
97. “The only difference between you today and a year from now are the people you know and what you have learned.” - Ryan Blair
98. “A thought given out every day to others and to the world can have a great effect.” - Gary Markwick
99. “You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.” - David Heinemeier Hansson
100. “Every answer you ever need lies within your own silence..” - Ian Tucker
101. “Success comes to us when we have a burning desire to achieve and we focus our full power on achieving that.” - Sakshi Chetana
102. “Rule #1: Life is supposed to be fun!” - John McGrail
103. “There are times in every person’s life when they feel lonely, isolated, like maybe they don’t belong. For adoptees, this is often exacerbated by the circumstances. Because you were given up, you have a built-in scapegoat; you can blame everything that you feel on the fact that you were adopted. But, I want you to know that this is a fallacy. Finding your biological parents will not fill in the void that you feel. You will get answers to your questions, but no one can fill in the missing pieces except for you. Before you go on a search, take the time to get to know yourself very well. Heal the hurts you’ve experienced. Acknowledge the past and how it has affected you. Become a whole person who is seeking roots, not a damaged person who is seeking fulfillment.” - Janet Louise Stephenson
104. “Once you start laughing, you start healing.” - Sherry Argov
105. “No one gets out of this life alive.So leave a footprint of your choice.You are writing your epitaph.You are writing it now!Life is a process, not a goal.Live it now, or you will miss it!We have time to spend and no time to waste.” - Charles Franklin
106. “Decide to be rich! Hate poverty strong.” - Agu Jaachynma N E
107. “There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
108. “Avoid conflicts, Embrace cordiality.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
109. “Drown those degrading thoughts.” - Agu Jaachynma N E
110. “Shine forth your light before all beings.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
111. “The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
112. “You are created with a mandate! You have all you need to fulfill it.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
113. “Whenever your foundation is laid in God, there will be nothing that can shake it, no matter how strong the storm is.” - Angelo M. Swinson
114. “See it, learn it, do it ALL.” - Jamie McCall
115. “There comes a point when you begin to connect to the dots, when the chosen paths begin to mean something, when the picture starts to reveal itself. It is probably not at all what you had envisioned, but somewhere deep inside, perhaps you always knew. The journey was there for a reason. Its was there for you and for the others that have traveled along with you. The strength and comfort that comes from that awareness is amazing and beyond words. Once experienced, it becomes the biggest part of you. So let it unfold. Let your life reveal its lessons. Follow your heart, as it will not lead you astray. Find your passion and let its energy run through you in ways you have never experienced. With that, your real life will begin.” - Angela Bushman
116. “You can't change the fruit without changing the root.” - Dr. Stephen R. Covey
117. “Only love can neutralize shame.” - Omar Manejwala
