Quotes on Self Improvement

It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. Since fight club, I can wiggle half the teeth in my jaw. Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer. Maybe self-destruction is the answer.

Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you're bound to make the same one again.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

Take what's useful, discard what is not.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.