Quotes About Self-improvement

Everything I'm saying shouldn't be taken so serious. I'm playing, but at the same token, I'm acknowledging that I'm not always the perfect man; I'm not always doing the right things. That's who I am. I'm working to be better.

If you have a history of being attracted to people who have failed you in relationships, find people that aren't so exciting and aren't quite so attractive. Try that on for size and see if you can tolerate that.

The more you practice tolerating discomfort, the more confidence you'll gain in your ability to accept new challenges.

If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

You help me become someone who can save himself.

If I don't read at least one bad thing about myself every day I take a long look at my behaviour and try harder to be shocking.

People are capable of so much more than they think they are. It's possible to rekindle relationships you thought were lost. Build a new life when the old one was dead. Learn new habits. Break old ones.

The loaded phrase "se mettre en valeur" is used all the time. It means "to make the most of yourself." This is not something the French do when they feel like it: they do it every day.

I must be better, she thought—realising it then, in that moment, for the first time. I must be OK.

She began to teach herself Esperanto, reciting phrases as she polished and swept.

When someone mistreats you, try to view it as an opportunity to grow in grace. See how quickly you can forgive the one who has wounded you. Don't be concerned about setting the record straight. Instead of obsessing about other people's opinions of you, keep your focus on Me. Ultimately, it is My view of you that counts.

Can we have a time-out on the self-criticism for the rest of the evening?" "Not the rest of the evening. I can do about half an hour and then force of habit takes over.

Time for a whole new you,' the make-up artist had said, and Grace wondered why everyone was so down on the old Grace. She hadn't been that bad.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him.

Socrates would probably say the only way to ensure you're not an asshole is to assume you are one.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

Look around. Pay attention to the stories of people who are finishing first. Then realize that all of your excuses are just that—excuses. Ask what has worked for others and how you can make it work for you, too. Ask yourself how you can leverage your unique skills and strengths to accomplish the unthinkable.

Anything that will keep you from your own ability to be successful is sabotage—procrastinating, drinking too much, not eating healthfully, showing up late, phoning it in, even just ignoring the instruction of your coach (or boss or teacher). This is all self-sabotage. When will you stop making decisions that are bad for you? When you decide you're ready to win.

This is your life, your one and only life, so take excellence very personally.

You write?" "Why, all the time," said Locke, "except of course when I'm wrong.

Baumeister says that people who succeed don't have more willpower than you: they just develop better daily routines and habits, which after a while become automatic and require less thought — less conscious energy.

Confessed faults are half mended.

It's been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid.