Quotes About Self-improvement

It is a great thing to know your vices.

The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.

Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to see mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

We can't change this world, but we can change ourselves so that we can be of service to this world.

Introduced by Barbara Sher in Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want, it's like

Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny.

Only a man who cannot conquer his deficiencies feels the need to convince the world that he has none.

You who had not been allowed to finish tenth grade but sent to be a frightened chambermaid, carried home every week armloads of books from the library rummaging them late at night, insomniac, riffling the books like boxes of chocolates searching for the candied cherries, the nuts, hunting for the secrets, the formulae, the knowledge those others learned that made them shine and never ache.

Notre grande erreur est d'essayer d'obtenir de chacun en particulier les vertus qu'il n'a pas, et de négliger de cultiver celles qu'il possède.

We routinely replace damanged parts of ourselves with new ones that are, arguably, more resilient, more able to handle challenges. As long as we avoid the trap of growing our skin so thick that nothing gets through, getting bruised can only boost our ability to cope with whatever life throws at us.

Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success.

For as much as you can, build the past and the future that you can carry yourself.

We empower ourselves through knowledge.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

Noi non possiamo sperare di costruire un mondo migliore senza migliorare gli individui. Con questo scopo, ciascuno di noi deve lavorare al proprio perfezionamento, pur accettando la propria parte nella vita generale dell'Umanità; poiché il nostro dovere particolare è di aiutare quelli ai quali possiamo essere più utili

No puedes esperar construir un mundo mejor sin mejorar a las personas. Con ese fin cada uno de nosotros debe trabajar en su propia mejora.

Awareness is the key that allows you to stop automatically doing things that drive men away and begin naturally doing things that support happy and satisfying relationships. Master this stuff and you'll notice that men, women, children, small animals, large animals, dust bunnies, and anything else that's not glued down will find it virtually impossible to resist you.

End of year #motivationmonday: Your past does NOT equal your potential.

The good news is that as fragile as fearlessness may be, it is also a personal quality that we can foster in ourselves.

Day and night - ruthlessly apply key lessons of mankind such as leaving greed, fear and lust to improve the efficiency & effectiveness of life.

Until you eliminate your own fears, you will never know your capabilities.

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

I don't know about technology and I don't know about finance and accounting.