Quotes About Self-improvement

I hold very high expectations of myself and my work ethic.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

Realistically, looks offer an advantage to an actor. I'm going to work hard to maintain my skin. I'm going to prevent aging as much as possible. And I will keep trying to become a better person on the inside as much as I spruce up the outside.

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be. I work hard, I push myself hard, and I probably even expect too much of myself.

You do your best, you work hard for yourself, for your family and others.

My advice is toughen up, work hard. Start taking responsibility for yourself. Stop being so offended.

I will always continue to work hard, become stronger, and learn to love myself for who I am, imperfections and all.

I believe in the promise of America, which is if you work hard, you do better for yourselves, and you dream bigger for kids.

You don't wake up at 18 and necessarily become the person you want to be as an adult - you have to work hard to become them.

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I just work hard.

I am living proof that if you work hard enough, you will be able to achieve anything and I take a lot of pride in what I have achieved.

You have to be willing to accept the information, you have to be willing to work hard. You have to be motivated to go to practice with an open mind. You have to be willing to be criticized. Only you can do those things.

I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop themselves. Sometimes I've wondered what I could have done with their talent. On the other hand, the tag that I was too small and slow made me work hard.

You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.

I just really work hard on myself every day.

It's important to work hard, stay humble, and not let the criticism or the compliments go to your head.

Every time I write down my goals, I realize that I have to hit the gym. I have to eat right. I have to improve in the ring. I have to give it 100%. I have to improve on my promos. These are the things that go through my head daily because I work hard on them.

You can find yourself doubting yourself. But that's when you need to keep faith and realise everything is going to be okay. You work hard in training and keep doing the things you're good at.

In my next life, I want to be tall and thin, parallel park and make good coffee. But for now, I have lots of stuff to work out in my life, but I'll have that until the day I die. I want to write more books.

If I lose early in the tournament, I can work out and try to improve. When the tournament is done, I'm just trying to get well and work on the recovery for the next day.

The one who intimidates me is myself. I'm scared to fail. That is the thing that makes me the most afraid, to fail. Just to think that I can do a mistake and lose the fight scares me, so that is why I work out a lot: to bring more chance to my size and less chance to my opponent.

I think the rejection - if it's taken in the right spirit, it can make you a better person. And I think that is what I've always striven for. If one thing didn't work out, a project or anything, it doesn't mean that I lose my own confidence. In fact, I give myself a lot more confidence and opportunities.

Christina Ricci