Quotes About Self-improvement

If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm sure you may find one anywhere. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Obviously no parent does everything right. It's this weird thing that happens where you are striving to be as good as you can be so that they turn out well. And that requires that you be a really great, evolved, aware person in every moment. Which is pretty awesome. But it's also putting tremendous pressure on yourself--which is why women feel so guilty!

She is so good a person, that - that - in short, I wish I was a better.

I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments.

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?

Your mistakes aren't learning experiences…if you aren't learning from them.

Do you know, Lady Bredon, I do believe in time, with the proper guidance, you might become almost . . . intelligent," he said. She put a hand to her head. "Where are my smelling salts?

Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

We all get out of shape once in a while. The trouble starts when we refuse to do anything about it.

That's right—sometimes hell is us. Sometimes we are the cause of our difficulties. And if we can step out of our own way, something astonishing happens.

Stage 1: Pre-contemplation Stage 2: Contemplation Stage 3: Preparation Stage 4: Action Stage 5: Maintenance

You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.

One day I want to surprise everyone by doing something unexpected and amazing, so I can be proud of myself.

Erin wilde inmiddels dat ze niet zo aardig was geweest. Dat krijg je ervan; je werd meteen gestraft.

Ty pointed his beer at Josh. Want to know what I think? No, Josh said. I think you have a case of being a little girl. Maybe you should prescribe yourself a heavy dose of man-the-fuck-up.

Don't ever be sorry for being who you are. Most of us go our whole lives not really getting it right, just settling." He tugged a strand of her hair. "Do you have any idea the strength it takes to not settle? To keep pushing and seeking for what works?

I sometimes give myself excellent advice. Occasionally, I even listen to it.

Because even if they are doing something immoral, I'd be an idiot to start criticizing them for it if I wasn't perfect myself. Smoking is self-destructive. Drinking is self-destructive. Losing your temper and yelling at people is wrong. Lying is wrong. Cheating is wrong. Stealing is wrong. But people do that stuff all the time. Soon as I figure out how to be a perfect human being, then I'm qualified to go lecture other people about how they live their lives.

Sometimes I think that's where most of us are. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It's that second bit that's important.

I'm getting dumber by the minute," I confirmed. "Ask anybody.

Sometimes I think that's where most of us are," I said. "Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It's that second bit that's important.

I'd been feeling sorry for myself, which is about the most use- less thing you can feel: it doesn't do a damned thing for you. You don't feel any better, you don't get any better, and you're too busy moping to do anything to actually make your life any better. There's

I'd been feeling sorry for myself, which is about the most use- less thing you can feel: it doesn't do a damned thing for you. You don't feel any better, you don't get any better, and you're too busy moping to do anything to actually make your life any better.