Quotes About Self-improvement

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.

You can allow yourself 72 hours of wallowing time. Then you've got to get into the gym, stop eating the ice cream and move on.

Rather than spend so much time wondering if I'm going to get hired, or is it a problem that I've got this black-tar history, I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be decent.

The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.

It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.

That which we are, we are, and if we are ever to be any better, now is the time to begin.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

I'm trying to play guitar every day. I think I have a gift, and I've not been nurturing it for a long time. So I'm trying to pick it back up.

Every breakup is an opportunity to do it right the next time.

Take some time and educate your mind, in the long run I'm sure you're fine.

The best decision I ever made was to invest in myself, both financially and time-wise.

I would have taken the time to learn how to listen earlier. Learning about non-violent communication and how to take feedback has been integral to both my personal happiness and professional success.

I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.

You can change anything about yourself quite quickly. All you have to do is give up the belief system that says that it takes a long time to change.

Spend more time in a Jiu Jitsu gi than in street clothes.

It just requires so much of you, and most of the time you feel dumb.

Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.

I was talking to my mom one time, like, "Gosh, I'm 30." And she's like, "In your thirties you're even stronger than in your twenties." I didn't believe her, but I have played better in my thirties.

Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds.

I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.

I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

What you do off the job plays a major role in how far you go on the job. How many good books, do you read each year? How often do you attend workshops? Who do you spend must of your time with?