Quotes About Self-improvement

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

No man resolved to make the most of himself has time to waste on personal contention.

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

So, if you do not believe in yourself and abilities, you will not take any action to improve your current situation. [...] To inspire yourself, you can recall memories when you were able to achieve goals or milestones. [...] Remind yourself that you have the knowledge and skills to realize your goals.

It takes confident humility to admit that we're a work in progress. It shows that we care more about improving ourselves than proving ourselves.

New Years resolution: be more awesome.

Alles, was der Mensch tut, unvollkommen ist. Aber wer will sich schon seine Unvollkommenheit eingestehen?

There can be no greater danger to one laboring to reach a higher spiritual and moral plane than the feeling that he has achieved it. Such feelings of self-satisfaction generally indicate a blurring of the vision of the goal itself.

Ich las damals unendlich viel und zwar gründlich. In wenigen Jahren schuf ich mir damit die Grundlagen eines Wissens, von denen ich auch heute noch zehre.

From early youth I endeavored to read books in the right way and I was fortunate in having a good memory and intelligence to assist me.

Reading is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Its chief purpose is to help towards filling in the framework which is made up of the talents and capabilities that each individual possesses.

Ye'll have to prove yerself more than others, but I believe ye've the courage, strength, and intelligence to conquer this affliction. If ye work hard and learn to properly wield a sword, there's none that will be able to best ye.

A lot of my female fans discovered me through the passion I have for bettering myself. Not to say the dudes don't, but my female fan-base is based off women who want to do better.

I'm focused on my future. I'm ignoring my past, apart from the bits that I draw from to help me focus on my future.

It was very clear I wasn't giving my all in the past - not even close.

I can't dwell on past mistakes.

Focus on making you the best you can be as an actor, and follow your own path.

I have a pathological fear of confrontation. I'm working on that.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

I educate myself, but I haven't got the time or patience to enlist myself in a degree course. The world is my school.

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.