Quotes About Self-improvement

Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information, but unlearning old limits.

Who would you be if you dropped your complaints?

our first responsibility is to remove the weeds from our own garden. We must take the high road ourselves before exhorting others to do so.

man should be his own ideal and champion, however long it takes him to arrive there.

I undertook to conquer myself rather than fortune , and to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world , and to accustom myself to believe that nothing is entirely in our power except our own thoughts .

My principle has ever been to attempt to overcome myself rather than fortune and to change my desires rather than the natural order.

You can't mix your own shine with people who are already shining expecting your shine to be noticed by the world, in all reality you're just keeping them on top in the light.

When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

Be the best you can be, in the worst of circumstances, even when no one is watching.

dharma is not about justice; it is about empathy and wisdom. Dharma is not about defeating others, it is about conquering ourselves. Everybody wins in dharma.

There is no one but ourselves to blame for our problems: neither God nor any oppressors.

In Hinduism, dharma means realizing our potential: changing ourselves into the best we theoretically can be. What is that? Humans

Vyasa draws attention to a peculiar human trait of trying to solve a problem through external means without bringing about any internal transformation.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it you're nobody.

A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.

At the beginning of a new year, many people have nothing better to do than to make a list of bad deeds and resolve from now on—how many such "from-now-ons" have there already been!—to begin with better intentions, but they are still stuck in the middle of their paganism.

If I see something saggin', baggin', or draggin', I'm gone have it nipped, tucked, or sucked!

If you don't like th road your walking, start paving anotheer one

I then took him to beyond the death experience and had him look back at the entire life, and see what the lesson was. Dan: To do something. To make the most of any situation that you've created. People are going to be what they're going to be. And it's up to you to be what you're going to be. So you can take responsibility for yourself, or you can never do anything. And that gets you nowhere. Which is worse, not accomplishing anything when you know you can.

I like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don't take anything personally. 3. Don't make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.

You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself.