Quotes About Self-improvement

Regret is a tough emotion to live down: it haunts you in ways that will sap your strength and inspiration to go on to better things.

It is a book that challenges the reader to action, and in taking that action, to greater service to themselves, their families, their communities, and their Maker.

Drop by drop is a water pot filled. Likewise, the wise person, gathering it little by little, fills themselves with good." THE BUDDHA (DHAMMAPADA, VERSE 122)

Bez przerwy pi? nie mo?na. Dlatego si? dokszta?cam".

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Besides, the general political agitation drew the attention of our people away from the more fundamental matters of perfecting themselves in the industries at their doors and in securing property.

The lessons taught me in this respect took such a hold upon me that at the present time, when I am at home, no matter how busy I am, I always make it a rule to read a chapter or a portion of a chapter in the morning, before beginning the work of the day.

I am glad that we endured all those discomforts and inconveniences... It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for one's self.

Do not be satisfied with second-hand or third-hand things in life. Do not be satisfied until you have put yourselves into that atmosphere where you can seize and hold on to the very highest and most beautiful things that can be got out of life.

We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all of us, that what we have done is little compared with what we might have accomplished, or may hereafter effect.

I'm working on dialing back the charm," I said, "at least until I know what's wrong.

She had trouble simply enjoying and letting be. She liked to correct and make right.

Il m'arrive de trouver que je suis un très mauvais père, mais ils n'ont que moi. Jem regarde d'abord comment je me comporte avant de regarder quelqu'un d'autre. J'ai essayé de vivre de façon à pouvoir soutenir son regard...

In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself.

My biggest fault is that the faults I was born with grow bigger each year.

I have a lot more patience for others than I have for myself, and I'm much better at bringing out the best in others than in myself. That's just the kind of person I am. I'm the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox. But that's fine with me. I don't mind at all. Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match.

The only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

It is as evil as we are positive...the more desperately we try to be good and wonderful and perfect, the more the Shadow develops a definite will to be black and evil and destructive... The fact is that if one tries beyond one's capacity to be perfect, the Shadow descends to hell and becomes the devil.

In any case, I wrote, I've decided to make myself strong. As far as I can tell, that's all I can do.

I'm not totally uncompetitive. It's just that for some reason I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost to them. This sentiment remained pretty much unchanged after I grew up. It doesn't matter what field you're talking about -- beating somebody else just doesn't do it for me. I'm much more interested in whether I reach the goals that I set for myself, so in this sense long-distance running is the perfect fit for a mindset like mine.

I have a lot more patience for others than I have for myself, and I am much better at bringing out the best in others than in myself. That's just the kind of person I am. I'm the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox.

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

Whether we petition God to give us what we need, or thank Him for whatever good was granted, or extol Him for His awesome attributes, all prayer is intended to help make us into better human beings.