Quotes About Self-improvement

There is a good and needed "narcissism," if you want to call it that. You have to first have an ego structure to then let go of it and move beyond it.

I also think it's possible for us to be better people tomorrow than we are today." He had no idea, of course, whether any of these things were true, in whole or in part. Still, what possible good could come of believing otherwise? —

You mean you can't fix it?" "I can fix anything, cher. " "That's not my name," she corrected him. And aren't you just pretty impressed with yourself, Mr. Repair Guy.

Have you completely made up for all the bad things you've done? No. But you keep adding to the good things column. That's all any of us can do.

God has not called you to be the best in the world at anything! He has called you to be the best you can be, given your background, experiences, opportunities, and abilities.

This action step should be personal (involving you), practical (something you can do), and provable (with a deadline to do it).

She needed more time, there simply wasn't enough of it. This was the only way she could think of making it (setting her alarm five minutes earlier every day). Not making it exactly, if you could make it from scratch - brand new time- that would be fantastic.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

Then put this behind you. You don't have to change who you are because of one mistake. You only have to make sure you don't repeat it.

We purge our bloodstream of its baser elements.

Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?

It is surely a professional responsibility for us all to think deeply about these things so that each of us may better strive towards attaining 'dignity' for ourselves.

Hakkai: Your footwork is lacking. Gojyo: It's hard to control such long, sexy gams.

I turn over a new leaf every day. But the blots show through

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.

wasting what little breath he did have laughing at himself. Because sometimes, that's all you could do. You make a fucking stupid mistake, and you could only call yourself an idiot and then snap back before you screwed up again.

When this is all over, I told myself, you will hate yourself for wasting so much time . .

There are lots of guys around the world that are lazy. They have big fat guts. They talk about chi power and things they can do, but don't believe it.

The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.

Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind.

I am a very judgmental person. Of myself and other people. I recognise it's a great fault, but I have no power over that.

Presumably man's spirit should be elevated if he can better review his shady past and analyze more completely and objectively his present problems.

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.