Quotes About Self-improvement

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

The wise man molds himself—the fool lives only to die.

He learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

learned rapidly because his first training was in how to leam. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self satisfied.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

Este surprinz?tor cît de mulÅ£i oameni nu cred c? pot s? înveÅ£e ÅŸi mai ales cît de mulÅ£i cred c? este greu s? înveÅ£e.

the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

Religia trebuie s? r?mân? o supap? pentru acei oameni care îÈ™i spun: "Nu sunt aÈ™a cum aÈ™ vrea s? fiu." În niciun caz, ea nu trebuie s? se afunde în marasmul mulÈ›umirii de sine.

And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib

A crede c? È™tii ceva era calea cea mai sigur? de a te orbi singur. Nu înaintarea în vârst? era cea care frâna încetul cu încetul capacitatea de a înv??a (...), ci acumularea de "lucruri pe care le È™tiu".

Mentat, solve thyself, he thought.

Para los demás, diremos que Muad'Dib aprendió rápidamente porque lo primero que le enseñaron fueron los fundamentos del aprendizaje. Y la primera lección, la certeza de que podía aprender. Es perturbador descubrir que mucha gente cree que no puede aprender, y que más gente aún cree que aprender es difícil.

O sábio se automodela, o tolo só vive para morrer.

soportarse a uno mismo podía llegar a ser la tarea más complicada de todo el universo.

You have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else, but you can't make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it. [...] Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish (...) it will rot in your head. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

During these early years, Ivar was constantly reinventing himself and reforming his personality. But he didn't want Durant and his partners to know about his efforts at self-improvement; he just wanted to show them the finished product. For these men, the story of Ivar's life began in 1908

So many of our troubles flow from a defective use of the intelligence or will or energy we have, that we are in danger of thinking that all our troubles could be cured by a better use of our own powers—

Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.

And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you're desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there's the least resistance, you lash yourself.

One learns when one has to; one learns when one needs a way out; one learns at all costs. One stands over oneself with a whip; one flays oneself at the slightest opposition.

Ah, one learns when one has to; one learns when one needs a way out; one learns at all costs. One stands over oneself with a whip; one flays oneself at the slightest opposition.