Quotes About Self-improvement

I was never afraid of failure. I realized that I was responsible for my own success and that every day offers a new beginning and I was confident in my ability to improve.

In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important.

Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.

We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

Success in life is becoming what you want to be.

You, and you alone, are the person who should take the measure of your own success. . . . I do not try to be better than anyone else. I only try to be better than myself.

We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.

Your incredible brain can take you from rags to riches, from loneliness to popularity, and from depression to happiness and joy - if you use it properly.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

Do not wait for an opportunity to be all that you want to be.

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.

Your level of success will seldom exceed your level of personal development.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

An investment in your personal development is the best investment you can make.

The intrinsic path to success is to focus on being the person that you are, and put all of your energy and drive into being the best possible version of yourself.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.

I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.