Quotes About Self-improvement

For I believe that the best life is lived by those who take the best care to make themselves as good as possible, and the pleasantest life by those who are most conscious that they are becoming better.

The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.

The ideology of personal growth, superficially optimistic, radiates a profound despair and resignation. It is the faith of those without faith.

For them, running was a miserable two miles motivated soley by size 6 jeans: get on the scale, get depressed, get your headphones on, and get it over with. But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it, like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.

there was never anything wrong with Jenni that couldn't be fixed by what's right with Jenni.

Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.

If you are not selfish you are wasting your life

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.

At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

when you figure out where you're messing up and you hate that behavior bad enough, that's where all the good parts of you begin.

Are you a degenerate, Fisher?" "I'm working on it.

To change yourself means to change the future.

I will surpass myself in waves, ah, Lord, and may everything come and fall upon me, even the incomprehension of myself at certain white moments because all I have to do is comply with myself and then nothing will block my path until death-without-fear, from any struggle or rest I will rise up as strong and beautiful as a young horse.

the greatest obstacle to my progress is me. I myself have been the biggest difficulty in my path. It's with enormous effort that I'm able to overcome myself.

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

We can all change the people around us by changing ourselves.

You should primarily associate only with those persons who possess the traits and characteristics that complement the positive aspects of your self-image. Such positive associations will greatly enhance your own development, and help confirm and establish the vision, emotions, and feelings you have about yourself.

Cutting out bad habits is far more effective than cutting out organs.

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

Someone who undervalues himself eventually will blame others for his depreciation.

But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.

Try to learn this truth Maximilien', Father Herivaux said: 'most people are lazy, and will take you at your own valuation. Make sure the valuation you put on yourself is high.

NOEL: And even when I don't stay up until midnight, I still enjoy the tradition of New Year's resolutions. What can I say? I like setting personal goals and challenging myself to improve. I suppose I could do it on any day of the year, but the New Year is as good a day as any. It's a fresh start.