Quotes About Self-improvement

can venture nothing for myself as long as I have achieved no greater work that satisfies me fully. That is certainly irrefutable.

Two alternatives: either to make oneself infinitesimally small, or to be so. The former is perfection and hence inaction; the latter a beginning and therefore action.

I shall move somewhere into the woods and try to improve myself.

I had teachers who said I was not good enough. So, I said I will become good enough. So I became this guy who became obsessed to become good enough. Now I sit down and tell people who I was. Now, I say, 'Do you know who I am?'

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Bottom line, I removed myself from the victim mentality and took control of my life. I'm not just going to take responsibility for the success in my life - I'm going to take responsibility for the failures in my life. When you're willing to accept that you're the problem, you immediately become the solution.

You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are deciding whom you want to become, being willing to rehearse until you become that person, and forgiving yourself until you do.

A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I'm sure that's true, but they aren't willing to make healing a high priority. They aren't willing to look inside to see the source of their pain in order to deal with it.

I have to keep proving myself, and that's what I am willing to do.

I want to prove to myself and everybody else how good I can be, and I'm willing to work as hard as I need to to achieve that goal.

Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.

If your goal is to lose 10 pounds, you may wake up each day with failure in mind because the goal is hard to reach, and you are progressing only by small amounts. It takes up all your willpower. I recommend that instead of a goal, you have a system.

The program of A.A., as written by Bill Wilson and Dr. Smith, only has one purpose: to get you sober. That's it. To make you a better person, forget it. That was one of the things he came to understand in those years of trial and error. It has to be about only one thing.

Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my own heart.

It's a Grand Slam. Everyone is playing to win, playing for themselves at the best level. They've prepared their best.

I do not need the transfer window or anything to improve myself.

What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.

Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.

Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.

I qualify myself like a bottle of wine - the more I get older, the more it tastes sweet!

I knew I couldn't be a Heisman Trophy winner, but I could be the best I can be.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.