Quotes About Self-improvement

When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

changing one's own behavior is a much more promising strategy than insisting on change from the other.

No, no, not at all. I'm a professional. If I can't take criticism, how will I ever grow?

Develop a Plan for Personal Growth Success is something you attract by the person you become. —Jim Rohn

It's not okay to be critical of yourself.

I must dispel vanity with vanity.

I hate to think of you stuck here all day every day, doing nothing with that brilliant brain of yours." "It never was brilliant. Anyway, who keeps these books to see who's used themselves wisely and who's wasted?

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.

IN WORKING WITH MIRRORS IT IS NECESSARY TO RECAPITULATE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, FROM THE PRESENT MOMENT RIGHT BACK TO THE MOMENT OF BIRTH. SUCH A RECAPITULATION DEMANDS A LEVEL OF HONESTY WHICH IS ONLY ATTAINABLE THROUGH AN ACT OF RUTHLESSNESS. RUTHLESSNESS MUST BEGIN WITH YOURSELF. ONLY WHEN RUTHLESSNESS HAS REPLACED SELF-PITY CAN YOU ACHIEVE THE SOBRIETY NEEDED IN ORDER TO DISCRIMINATE WITH WISDOM.

You can't change your negative cycles unless you change the man in the mirror

Your only stumbling block is the man in the mirror"

You have everything you need within you to become the best possible version of yourself. Believe that you CAN. Believe that you're capable of pushing harder and farther than you have before. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, smart enough and strong enough to achieve your goals. Don't let false beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself. And certainly don't get sidetracked by other people who are off track.

Consider your childhood, a construction building process, on a very, very steep ground. You need to stop consistantly and re-do your measures. So that your pillars shall exceptionally remain lofty till your life extincts..

If you're a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the best writer you can possibly be.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

I grew into manhood thoroughly imbued with the feeling that a man must be respected for what he made of himself.

Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.

Who struggles more than those who strive to overcome themselves?

Two things especially lead to great improvement: the will to drag yourself from the things that will naturally harm you and the desire to pursue the good things that you need the most. You should also watch out for those things that irritate you in other people; when you see them in yourself, get rid of them. Turn everything to your advantage.

TURN your attention upon yourself and beware of judging the deeds of other men, for in judging others a man labors vainly, often makes mistakes, and easily sins; whereas, in judging and taking stock of himself he does something that is always profitable.

If thou canst not make thine own self what thou desireth, how shalt thou be able to fashion another to thine own liking. We are ready to see others made perfect, and yet we do not amend our own shortcomings.