Quotes About Self-improvement

How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. And it let me know that an award wasn't going to change my life - that I had to be in control of changing my life.

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of myself that I would not otherwise make.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

To keep winning, I have to constantly outdo myself.

I don't take my work ever for granted. I still work very hard on every song and try to outdo myself every time.

Every time I perform I always kind of outdo myself.

We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.

Inner improvements create outer ones.

I have a very positive outlook. I set goals for myself, and I write down my goals.

Every day I have a new idea or new outlook for my music, a new goal for my music and it's because I'm growing as a woman, as a human being as well. At the same time as I'm growing as an artist in the industry, I'm growing as a human.

The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.

The first rule of personal finance is that it's not personal and it's not financial. It's about your ability to make ten changes and not get too depressed over it.

I believe everything negative that happens in your life is for a positive reason. If your heart breaks, you know that you are a human being and it happens. But you can't mope over it. There's only one life. You better get on ahead and fast. Fast enough not to let your past ever catch up with you.

If I don't like how I have sang something I will just go over and over it, but I need to give myself some credit.

I feel being fit gives you a lot of boost to your confidence and your overall look. It transforms you entirely - not just outside but inside, too.

He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.

It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes.

It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

When I started out in stand-up, I was already used to speaking in front of people, how to project, control my voice - a lot of learning curves I had overcome.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I've done it all - I'm good. Now, it's about setting an example for others to follow. I can't just talk it - I have to live it.