Quotes About Self-improvement

There's never a better time to be that person than when you're in a relationship that you want to become a source of peace and productivity rather than anger and regret.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

he never requires more than I am able to give, and what he does require of me is always appropriate to my knowledge and circumstances....My obligation is to give all I have, not all someone else has, to be as good as I can be, not as good as someone else is.

You think you can't fix anything until you fix yourselves. Well, let me be the first to tell you, you will never fix yourself. p.32

Surely if we all try hard, we can all lift ourselves up high above the average. It looks a little difficult mathematically, but that's nothing.

What are you reading, watching, memorizing, and applying that will make you an exceptional man?

declare war on those parts of themselves that keep them from exceptional lives.

Amundsen slept with his window wide open at night even in the winter, claiming to his mother that he loved fresh air, but really "it was a part of my hardening process." He organized small expeditions for himself and a few friends, such as overnight treks on skis under a star-studded sky, enlivened by the otherworldly swirling of the aurora borealis, into the winter wilds to improve his toughness.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

When you stop blaming others for where you are in life, that is when you can start to manifest your dream life!

The difference between being mediocre and achieving excellence is you.

It is not enough if you just live life as it comes to you like a floating leaf in a pond. Make use of the powers bestowed in you and soar like an eagle.

Once you feel nice about yourself, you have planted the first seed to develop self-confidence.

When we age we shed many skins: ego, arrognace, dominance, self-opionated, unreliable, pessimism, rudeness, selfish, uncaring ... Wow, it's good to be old!

There are no prizes for defying yourself.

You must wake up to the truth that whoever you are, that whatever you have or think you do not have, you are perfect in the here and now. Unless you can accept yourself, you will never be satisfied with anything, because it all begins with yourself.

The negative patterns that form as a result of this self defeating behaviour actually symbolize the negative belief that we nurture.

You put yourself where you are, and if you find yourself unsatisfied with how you are, then get yourself out of it.

Do not focus on your failings, for you will only encourage them. If you keep beating yourself up on the head over these, you will only reinforce them.