Quotes About Self-improvement

This generation has discovered the secret to getting stronger physically, but no one seems to care about the secret to becoming a genius or in good mental shape.

We are now living in the generation of bodybuilders, rather than walking amongst of those who are ready, or well prepared to conquer their daily desires.

If we compete with ourselves and not with others, then it does not matter who is behind us or ahead of us; our goal is to become and achieve all we are capable of being and doing, and this becomes the measure of our satisfaction.

Vaughn, she realized, would never let her shortchange herself. He'd always demand that she be all the woman she could be, even if that woman promised to make life more difficult for him.

Pathetic, Charlotte. You are a pathetic excuse for a woman.

It is no use blaming the men – we made them what they are – and now it is up to us to try and make ourselves – the makers of men – a little more responsible.

Mi nana diría que valdrá la pena cuando llegues a la cima. Y yo te diría que sigas escalando, pero que no esperes llegar a la cima mañana. No intentes ser perfecta para otra gente.

If you don't like what you see, stop looking.

If you want anything good, get it from yourself," Epictetus

Education comes from within you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

that without the promise of great reward we'd be content to stay home and catch up on our flossing.

If you're having a bad day, CHANGE YOUR MIND and have a good day!

There is a curious tendency in our modern world to overidentify with our shortcomings and even define ourselves by our mistakes, presumed limitations, and all the things we can't yet do.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance

What is required for many of us, paradoxical though it may sound, is the courage to tolerate happiness without self-sabotage.

No. Never. I have to try my best or I'll become worse and worse. Even if I can't make up with them. Even if they all ignore me. I still have to try my best.

Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

The Now Habit perspective does not accept that laziness, disorganization, or any other character defect is the reason you procrastinate.

Only a mediocre man is always at his best

Perhaps the biggest mistake I made in the past was that I believed love was about finding the right person. In reality, love is about becoming the right person. Don't look for the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. Become the person you want to spend your life with.

There are certain bad habits we've groomed our whole life -- from personality flaws to fashion faux pas. And it has been the role of parents and friends, outside of some minor tweaking, to reinforce the belief that we're okay just as we are. But it's not enough to just be yourself. You have to be your best self. And that's a tall order if you haven't found your best self yet.