Quotes About Self-improvement

Truly it would be well if these visionaries, who think so much of themselves and so little of mankind, who want to renew everything, would only be content with trying to reform themselves, the task would be arduous enough for them.

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Some times your ahead, some times your behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Don't waste your time on jealousy; Sometimes you're ahead, Sometimes You're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

When you find yourself thinking about someone or something in the same old negative way, just stop yourself. Think. Check. Change. Refresh. Job done. Smile. Move on. Do this enough times and you will change. For the better; for the stronger.

Try thinking more if just for your own sake

My biggest mistake: not wanting to help myself into thinking I am happy, that change would come about without really trying to change, or wanting to change. Procrastinating about changing. I do want to change.

I definitely watch reality shows where I'm not learning something better in the end.

There are certainly actors who I felt rivalries with, but then, as time goes on, you realize that you have to keep your eyes on your own paper because everybody's doing their own work.

One day I actually took the list into the bathroom and I put it up against my face and looked in the mirror and I realized I had one of two choices, change the list or change myself.

I think after going through some scandals and realizing that if I'm growing as a person, and I'm acknowledging my mistakes, and I'm constantly bettering myself to be the best me that I can possibly be, what more can I really be?

Who knows where I would be if I hadn't gone on Drag Race and gotten that kick in the rear to step it up to the next level?

When I was a kid in the business, you always had in the back of your head this feeling that if I screw up, I might be fired. So you went out every night and tore your rear end up to make sure that you gave the best performance you can and learning constantly because you never had that idea of 'I'm so great, I'm never going to be fired.'

And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, maybe like I could have. But I had to do what I had to do to make myself successful.

I'm trying to make better choices, and for me, this is kind of a rebirth. If I make the Olympic team? Great. If not, look at myself after eight years and ballooning up almost 200 pounds and getting on 'The Biggest Loser.' You know what? I get my life back again, and that's what truly mattered to me.

My life, my failures. I hope that gives people the lesson to rebuild their own lives.

America's seen me go from Olympic glory to 'Biggest Loser'. I want to go back to Olympic glory again. It's kind of the American way, rebuilding yourself and remodeling yourself and making yourself more of who you are.

That's one thing I love about Raven, is that she's always rebuilding herself to be better and stronger.

The amount of love I've received from the audience and industry motivates me to work even harder and want to better myself every day.

I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing, because from all the compliments I've received so far, it sounds like I'm on the right track.

I always want to be a person who challenges herself to be a better person and spends her time giving rather than receiving.

I'll take criticism. I know that's part and parcel of football. But when it's just reckless and aggressive, I don't listen.

Nobody's perfect, everybody is flawed in a way, and to recognize your own flaws and to just enjoy them is something that I try to do for myself. I do that all the time.

Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.

Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.