Theodore Schultz Quotes

Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far.

It's never a waste of time or money to invest in yourself, no matter the source. True wealth begins inwards and emits its light outward into everything else, including the people you surround yourself with.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.

Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.

Had I not worked on myself, put value in myself, I would not have the loving and supportive people that I have right now in my life, including my husband and children.

Dedicate yourself to continuous personal improvement you are your most precious resource

The boy and the man must be raised to see the possibility of self worth, then meet a few others who provide the vision of a road toward it, then spend a lifetime pursing that worth through action and relationship. One of the great tragedies in human life is to be born a male and not be guided toward the value of a man.

The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people...The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be.

This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute.

You're worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.

… the best way to aid the human being to emancipate himself is to educate him

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

I want to continue to grow in every way possible, as an actor, a woman, just as a human being in general. I think growth is just an all-around great idea.

I'm a sucker when it comes to under-explored human potential and 'stuff that makes you be better.'

Invest in yourself now and reap the dividends day after day after month after year.

I feel like if I show people how good I'm doing with myself, then it'll bring people to want me to manage them as well.

With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own experience, self-confidence is very important. That sort of confidence is not a blind one; it is an awareness of ones own potential. On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities and reducing the negative qualities.

Tracy: Stop eating people's old french fries, little pigeon. Have some self-respect. Don't you know you can fly?

The best investment you can make is in yourself.

Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.

We can only be valued as we make ourselves valuable.

I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks. I see people depressed and I see people who devalue themselves and I feel that's a terrible, terrible waste. But I love the people who try. But try fairly, try honestly.