Quotes About Self-improvement

There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.

You need someone who is going to help you make that better version of yourself.

Wake up first. Wake up, and then you can double back and perhaps be of some use to others if you still have the urge. Wake up first, with pure and unapologetic selfishness, or you're just another shipwreck victim floundering in the ocean and all the compassion in the world is of absolutely no use to the other victims floundering around you.

Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear.

When you meditate consistently and with proper instructions and effort, you are training yourself to overcome the power of old habits. In particular, the habits of inattention, distraction, and absence

Most of us use a combination of Surrender, Escape, and Counterattack. We must learn to change these coping styles in order to overcome our lifetraps and become healthy again.

This change step involves attacking your lifetrap on an intellectual level. In order to do this, you must prove that it is not true, or at least that it can be changed. You must cast doubt on the validity of your lifetrap. As long as you believe that your lifetrap is valid, you will not be able to change it.

Your anger is part of your healthy side. It is serving a useful purpose, telling you that you need to change the way you relate to other people. Your anger can help you to get in touch with the part of yourself that wants something different—that wants to change and grow. One powerful way to get in touch with this sense of yourself is through your anger. Your anger may be your only clue that there is something else that you want.

I bet if I spent less time with the television and more time pursuing activities that enhance my life and expand my knowledge, I won't freeze up in business or social situations.

all it took to succeed was to stop listening to my internal critic and to just start doing.

If you're serious about changing your life, you'll find a way. If you're not, you'll find an excuse.

Somehow I thought I could make more of myself by making less of myself.

Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what I was doing right—and then do more of the right stuff. I needed to live more in the solution.

Students would have no need to "walk the hospitals," if they had me.  I was a hospital in myself.  All they need do would be to walk round me, and, after that, take their diploma. Then

Spiritual warriorship is not about mastering others, but about mastering yourself. And there is no path to mastery: mastery is the path, and everyday practice…

How can I be my best if I never fail, and how can I ever find peace if I never yell.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

I think the hardest thing for a person is to know what those twelve things are that they need to work on that will bring the return of success to their life.

I think as you mature as an actor things open up to you in a lot of ways, especially if you do work on yourself.

But I'm still a work in progress. My mother calls me quite frequently with various critiques of my performance on TV and other public events. She's usually pretty severe with her comments.

Success is mine when I work my hardest to become my best, and I alone determine whether I do so.

It's human nature to work on ourselves, to get better in mind, body, and spirit, so there's nothing wrong with trying to live life to your fullest potential.

A gentleman is not born but crafted. He had to work on himself in the same way as a sculptor shaped a rough stone and made it a thing of beauty.

Maybe I am a little cocky. Maybe it's something I need to work on.