Self Help Intellectual Quotes

It doesn't matter how wealthy you may be in material things, what matters is do you know what to do with those wealth? ~ Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Interpreters package and then sell, rent, or impose upon us artificially flavored illusions of truth, salvation, enlightenment, and happiness that are built upon their goals. That twisted information and those errant goals and are often very different from those of the original teachers that these interpreters are borrowing moral authority from. Following our own inner guidance would yield better results than following the village idiot. Neither Buddha nor Jesus was waiting for a Buddha or a Jesus to come solve their personal problems or those of humanity. The key to whatever we need is within us. The job of uncovering it is ours to do. ~ Doug "Ten" Rose

Questioner: One question comes to my mind: if everybody looked inward, what would happen? Sadhguru: You would have a sensible world. (Laughs) Is that a danger? ~ Sadhguru

All of the great achievers of the past have been visionary figures; they were men and women who projected into the future. They thought of what could be, rather than what already was, and then they moved themselves into action, to bring these things into fruition. ~ Bob Proctor

The two things that truly belong to ourselves are our thoughts and actions. ~ Siim Land

When you don't take an aggressive role in shaping your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, you become a helpless passenger floating through the universe like a ghost ship, merely reacting to wherever it takes you. ~ Chris Hardwick

Many self-help books give you these neat, tidy formulas that are really illusions. They dupe people into thinking, 'Well if I can just do that, then everything's going to be okay.' My work differs in that I don't offer quick solutions and simple explanations. ~ John Bradshaw

As for comics, one has only to turn to the characteristic output of Marvel Comics, for the period from about 1961 to about 1975, to find not an expression of base and cynical impulses but of good, old-fashioned liberal humanism of a kind that may strike us today, God help us, as quaint, but which nevertheless appealed, in story after story, to ideals such as tolerance, technological optimism, and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others. ~ Michael Chabon

Nothing is worth the damage of self-abuse. It solves no problem, accomplishes no goal, and helps no one. It has no benefit or productive value. It serves only one purpose: to make you feel bad, which doesn't help you or anyone else. We are more likely to emotionally resign, mentally disengage, or stop trying when we feel bad about ourselves. It does not motivate or inspire us to do better; instead, it disempowers us from moving forward because we stop trusting ourselves to make the right choices. If it can be changed, fixed, or forgiven, then mentally abusing yourself is unnecessary. If it can't be changed, fixed, or forgiven, then mentally abusing yourself is pointless. Offer yourself some compassion as you move through life. Of course you're not going to have all the right answers. That's how we learn. Don't beat yourself up for a very human and very normal process. ~ Emily Maroutian

Your supporters can help you think in new ways, solve problems, and burst through barriers. ~ Beverly K. Bachel

What will always be better than a man, is a
Gentleman. ~ Pontius Joseph

Love Me Even More when I Seem Least Deserving... For That is the Very Moment That I Am Most in Need of Your Love. ~ Raymond D. Longoria Jr.

Gratitude is a way of contentment. ~ Miss Brit

Failing to forgive yourself for certain wrongs you committed in the past can create self-dislike. ~ Stephen Richards

The knowledge of God's greatness is joy of the soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The wisdom of hindsight would reveal that I had no clue how to find myself, no idea how to love myself, and no ability to be myself. Mix all of those three dilemmas, and you've created a cocktail that will knock anyone out.

Even though I couldn't name those specific issues that night, I did own where I was to the best of my ability. That's often all we can do in a crisis. So that night, I looked myself in the eyes and said, "It isn't supposed to be this way. ~ Stephen Lovegrove

Wipe those tears, as they have cleansed your soul. ~ Sharlene Leong

Looking for honest ways to lift one another would ... be more beneficial to our own self-esteem, for we would see more good in ourselves. We would cease to be so critical of our weaknesses and would find ways to allow our weaknesses to become strengths with God's help. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Time alone can help us to look inward, to fish for things that others can't see. ~ Fennel Hudson

Blaming other people inevitably makes us blame ourselves because if we are pointing the finger at someone, practically, we are pointing it at ourselves as well. ~ Stephen Richards

Money is only used for two things. One, it's to make you comfortable, and the more comfortable you are the more creative you will become. And the other purpose is it enables you to extend the service you provide far beyond your own presence. ~ Bob Proctor

Both thinking over feeling provide vital feedback to support your survival and help you flourish. ~ Deborah Sandella

I changed the course of my disease with the power of my mind. ~ Burbuqe Raufi

Her beauty is untouchable. ~ Erin Fall Haskell

Rekindle the fire in your spirit. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Competition is simply an unestablished paternship. ~ Tyler Wagner

You will never reach your destiny until you are able to grab the best out of yourself. ~ Marco Walder

Here's why an allowance is good for kids: Having a little of their own money, and deciding how to save or spend it, offers a measure of autonomy and teaches them to be responsible with cash. Here's why household chores are good for kids: Chores show kids that families are built on mutual obligations and that family members need to help each other. Here's why combining allowances with chores is not good for kids. By linking money to the completion of chores, parents turn an allowance into an "if-then" reward. This sends kids a clear (and clearly wrongheaded) message: In the absence of a payment, no self-respecting child would willingly set the table, empty the garbage, or make her own bed. It converts a moral and familial obligation into just another commercial transaction - and teaches that the only reason to do a less-than-desirable task for your family is in exchange for payment. ~ Daniel H. Pink

Like the ripples from a stone tossed into the pond from the water's edge, the effects of our choices extend infinitely outward. Even the smallest of acts reverberates in the ears of unwritten histories. ~ Justin Young

In my many years of working with people, I have never seen things change by chance, you have to work it out yourself ... life really sucks but YOU have what it takes to change it. ~ Nkem Paul

To ensure health in mind, body and spirit; increase giving and receiving love. ~ Renae A. Sauter

To get power is to pray. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Sometimes our Biggest Nightmare turns out to be our Biggest Gift. And it all comes down to our attitude. Life will throw us curve balls and disappointments, even heartbreak. But ultimately we can choose if we're going to be Bitter or Better for the experience. ~ Kathryn Orford

Happiness is something we reap from the seeds we sow. Plant misery seeds and that us what you reap. ~ Stephen Richards

Intuition means exactly what it sounds like, in-tuition! An inner tutor or teaching and learning mechanism that takes us forward daily. It is a resource that, where recognized, has infinite potential. ~ Sylvia Clare