Quotes About Self-improvement

Certain people in life are just going to take what's given to them, and certain people in life know they want better and they're going to go find better. I've always been that type of person.

It's nice to be able to try and build the life you want for yourself.

I go on the Internet and look at old pictures of myself, because it is the best reminder of how far I have come and where I do not want to be.

Your poverty today is because of who you are. Want wealth? Let go of your anchors and inhibitions and change yourself.

Figure out for yourself what you want to be really good at, know that you'll never really satisfy yourself that you've made it, and accept that that's okay.

Be the kind of person you want to be with... If you don't like the people in your life, you are the one who has to change, not them.

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.

Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be.

Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.

If you want to be happy, then it is within your grasp. The book you are holding can have a profound impact on your thinking and your attitude and can help you to do more, be more, and achieve more!

Don't talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.

Honestly, if I was looking at myself and I cheated, then I'd just think, 'Wow, how disappointing, I actually thought you were better than that.' It's about me and about the kind of man I want to be.

I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.

I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself.

I don't ever want something that I didn't do because I was afraid of it or I didn't think I'd be good at it - within reason. Obviously I'm never going to be able to play the trumpet.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.

Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves. When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life we want

If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.

It is a great paradox - almost everyone wants to improve his circumstances but almost no one wants to improve himself.

Take the pains required to become what you want to become, or you might end up becoming something you'd rather not be. That is also a daily discipline and worth considering.

You don't have the right to hold somebody accountable for standards you refuse to apply to yourself.

Knowing others is intelligent. Knowing yourself is enlightened. Tzu chih che ming Conquering others takes force. Conquering yourself is true strength.

Until we recognize where we are, we can never take measures to get to where we should be.