Quotes in personal statement/statement of purpose

[wamucc]

Curious what everyone thinks about including quotes in personal statements and/or statements of purpose (in supplemental apps). Are they too lame to include or, if short and appropriate, a good idea?

[DiggySRNA]

Overused. 

[lanime]

I feel that a personal statement should be just that... Personal. Not someone else's words, your own words about you. So, unless quotes are something that you use often as a way to describe life and it really speaks to who you are, I don't see the purpose. There is very limited space to covey a lot of info, so use it wisely and don't squander character count on something that someone else said in reference to their life/experiences.

 

But I say this as a person who is not particularly into quotes or motivational phrases.

[wamucc]

lanime, that makes sense, thank you!

[AlexanderFaul]

I've read a good post on this topic at the website of this statement of purpose writing service. It’s your voice they want to hear - not Einstein, Coco Chanel, David Attenborough, Paul Britton, Martin Luther King,  Napoleon or Descartes'. I agree with lanime, it's a personal statement, it should stay personal.