Quotes About Self-improvement

Being patient does not mean being passive. Move toward your dreams while you celebrate all that does work, all that you do have, and who you now are. Be with friends. Spend time alone. Don't worry. Be happy. Look forward. This is surely easier said than done, but that's just it: if these things were easy, they'd have been done and what would be the point? You signed up for the intensive program: harder in the beginning, more fun thereafter.

Whosoever may torment you, harass you, confound you, or upset you is a teacher. Not because they're wise, but because you seek to become so.

Instead of opening ourselves to the virtually unlimited potential and flexibility of which human beings are capable, we concentrate our energies on trying to live up to an ideal.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.

To struggle against one's own flaws requires constant vigilance, but when you struggle against other people's flaws, you have to move more carefully and slowly.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

did not blame others for his own stupidity; he learned from his mistake and became stronger for it.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might-have been has never been, but a has was once an are.

Fill your mind with knowledge—it's the only kind of power no one can take away from you.

send some money home each month. "Just study," Hansu had said. "Learn everything. Fill your mind with knowledge—it's the only kind of power no one can take away from you." Hansu never told him to study, but rather to learn, and it occurred to Noa that there was a marked difference. Learning was like playing, not labor.

I'm a role model now. ... I want to be a better person because I don't want to disappoint those girls. I stop and think about my actions more. I tip great, I try not to swear too much, and I remember to thank people and be grateful. And all that stuff I do to "appear' better has actually made me a better person. I wish I had always acted like I was a little bit famous.

Every average-looking American is just a treadmill and six laser hair-removal sessions away from looking like Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively (who are a great couple, by the way).

But for years I just chose to never do any strength training because it seemed hard. It wasn't until a particularly disturbing night when I couldn't lift myself off the sofa because of lack of upper body strength that I decided it was time to see a trainer. I

You take your mentoring where you can find it, even if it's not being offered to you.

When people go to hear a spiritual master, they do not go to hear self-deprecation. They go to see perfection.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

I have washed my soiled linen.

Pojedinac koji ho?e da se uzdigne iznad svojih bližnjih nalik je na kota? na blatnoj cesti: zakotrljao se, ali i zaprljat ?e se!

Dao sam se zgaziti od glupana jer sam i sam glupan... Da se nisam dao zgaziti, nega da sam pravodobno gazio druge oko sebe, bio bih danas ugledno i poštovano gra?ansko lice!

Apabila kamu berpelajaran kamu akan menjadi kaya. Kamu boleh menolong diri sendiri dan orang lain dan paling penting, dengan pelajaran, kamu akan lebih mengenali dan memahami dunia.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

Like many humorless and indignant people, he is hard on everybody but himself, and does not perceive it when he fails his own ideal.