Quotes About Self-improvement

There is only one way to end a self-pity cycle: stop comparing yourself to others, and simply follow Christ.

Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.

There is no man so low down that the cure for his condition does not lie strictly within himself.

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddied? You are the one who must grow up.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers-you can blame anyone, but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you want to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it?

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you can't change it, accept it.

Many people who wonder why they don't amount to more than they do have good stuff in them, and are energetic, persevering, and have ample opportunities. It is all a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves-to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our today, to do our work with more force than ever before.

She's the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success, wrong by wrong.

It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils, and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery.

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditations on the past.

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.

Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again.

You can vitally influence your life from within by auto-suggestion. The first thing each morning, and the last thing each night, suggest to yourself specific ideas that you wish to embody in your character and personality. Address such suggestions to yourself, silently or aloud, until they are deeply impressed upon your mind.

We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked.

Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?

Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: to rise above the little things.