Quotes About Self-improvement

Como Shakespeare dijo: "¡La culpa … no es de nuestras estrellas, sino de nosotros mismos, al consentir ser inferiores!

the unfoldment of his own innate divinity (salvation, in the truest sense of the word)—and that is by bringing about a radical and permanent change for the better in his own consciousness.

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.

When your body was beautiful, you acted pretty ugly. Now that you're ugly, you should beautify your actions. Time has made your body feeble: Yesterday a peacock, today a porcupine.

Success, meaningful success, begins when we take ownership and actively take responsibility for our part in the shortcomings of our life.

Maybe, just maybe, I was pointing the finger because it was easier to make excuses than it was to make adjustments.

As Eisenstein affirmed, the impact of books to alter the master-apprentice traditional relationship was quite clear, as people could "instruct themselves primarily from books with a minimum of outside help" and "cut the bonds of subordination which kept pupils and apprentices under the tutelage of a given master.

If she were alive today, she would be ashamed of me. I'm trying to change that.

Forgive an old lady preaching to you, but I want you to believe what I do, that you have so much more to offer the world than you give yourself credit for. Yes, you have encountered a run of bad luck and made mistakes in the past, but so have we all, so please do not make the bigger mistake and allow yourself to be defined by these things. 'Pick yourself up and fight another day' is as good a motto as any in my experience.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

Rip off your shirt. Do it. No one will mind. You're a Greek god. All any other guy can do is compare himself to you, and weep at his own inadequacies. Yeah, strut your stuff. Strut it down the self-help aisle. Strut it through the cookbooks section. Show them a body for life.

if you're telling yourself that learning to do something differently is "fake" or "inauthentic," it may simply be a convenient way of rationalizing your lack of aspiration.

This is stupid. Very, very stupid. I don't even have a tear-stained dog to wave bye to me. But I told everyone I was gonna do this, so I gotta do it... or I will be living a life of feminist-sounding somedays. And I will be more responsible, powerful, and amazing afterward. I will be able to do anything and not self-consciously stare at elevator numbers when the doors close. I will look the other person in right the eye and nod hello.

the important thing is not to point a finger at flaws but to attempt to correct them!

Having other people try to fix you is one of the things that paradoxically holds you back from reaching that magical place called "After

The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.

When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

Recently at a party I saw a man rise from his seat each time a woman entered the room. I smiled my encouragement: "You were well brought up," I said. "No," he replied, "I learned by myself.

What I would like to say to you in conclusion is this: romance is the dessert. If you are hungry, you need to be working on the main meal - yourself. That means learning how to fulfill yourself first, and once you have achieved that, then you will be ready for dessert!" - Raeleen

I've already done the best I could with yesterday.

People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.

So sure, I had to dig out of a little insecurity hole vocally, but I don't blame my parents for this. We are all a work in progress.

My limits know me well enough to stay out of my way.

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of