Quotes About Self-improvement

There comes a point where you have to stop trying to repair yourself and accept the fact that you're broken.

Say 'pop.' " "Pop?" "That was the sound of me pulling your head out of your ass."

I had many failings, and the overwhelming need to be in control of myself was one of them. I didn't care about controlling other people.

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

Can one change oneself? I doubt it. Or if there is any change it must be measured as the millionth part of a millimetre. When the poor ghosts have gone, what remains are ordinary obligations and ordinary interests. One can live quietly and try to do tiny good things and harm to no one. I cannot think of any tiny good things to do at the moment, but perhaps I shall think of one tomorrow.

people sometimes mistake their own shortcomings for those of society and want to fix the Cities because they don't know how to fix themselves.

if we look forward to a future in which mankind behaves rationally and avoids self-destruction, we can visualize a world that will be more complicated than the one we know today, but a world that will run better and, most of all, a world in which the individual will count for more, not less.

A man without weaknesses serves only to make everyone else conscious of his own imperfections. A primitive poet named Tennyson once wrote: 'He is all fault who has no fault at all.

Remember, you once said, Lije, that people sometimes mistake their own shortcomings for those of society and want to fix the Cities because they don't know how to fix themselves.

Yo intento enseñar porque, consiga o no instruir a otros, consigo infaliblemente instruirme a mí mismo.

People sometimes mistake their own shortcomings for those of society and want to fix the Cities because they don't know how to fix themselves.

Sentimentele pe care le ai sunt, desigur, rezultatul evolu?iei tale ?i nu trebuie condamnate spuse Primul Vorbitor. Trebuie doar schimbate.

A man without weaknesses serves only to make everyone else conscious of his own imperfections. A primitive poet named Tennyson once wrote: 'He is all fault who has no fault at all.' 

And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone.

You must see a psychiatrist, son, she often suggested, and get help with your problems; you can overcome the flaws in your character; but Timothy's response was that without the flaws he would not have any character left.

That is what I am attempting in my stumbling spiritual practice: to rid myself of the negative feelings that prevent walking with assurance. I want to transform rage into creative energy and guilt into a mocking acceptance of my faults; I want to sweep away arrogance and vanity.

con sus ahorros le pagó veinte pesos a un cura para que le enseñara a leer y escribir y con los tres que le sobraron se compró un diccionario. Lo revisó desde la A hasta la Z y luego lo lanzó al mar, porque no era su intención estafar a los clientes con palabras envasadas.

After a good training camp, pushing myself, learning new things, I always feel confident coming back to New Zealand.

Being mentally tough is having to battle those demons and push yourself out of your comfort zone and force yourself to be the person that your mind is telling you you aren't.

I want to thank the Arsenal fans who've always supported me. But I can't apologise for my decision to leave. I want to get more out of myself. I felt the main thing was taking myself out of my comfort zone. That's why Liverpool shouted out for me.

I love to push myself! Stepping outside of my comfort zone is what will make me a better artist.

Isn't it about getting out of your comfort zone and getting off the couch and challenging yourself and forcing yourself to do things you wouldn't other do? Otherwise, what are you living for?

We're involved in racing because there's that element of competition. But there's that desire to push yourself beyond the natural comfort zone and the boundaries that are preset if you like, and to be better than the rest.