Quotes About Self-improvement

I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist.

I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.

Just do it! First you make your habits, then your habits make you!

Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough.

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you're successful, sometimes your not, but it's the average that counts.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

The degree of your anger over correction equals the measure of your pride.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.

There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration — without envy.

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.

A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

I am very far from practicing what I understand.