Quotes on Self Improvement

Poor and content, is rich and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he shall be poor.

Noone's a leader if there are no followers.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

"We see the world as 'we' are, not as 'it' is; because it is the "I" behind the 'eye' that does the seeing."

They will often tell me they can't love themselves because they are so fat, or as one girl put it, 'too round at the edges.' I explain that they are fat because they don't love themselves. When we begin to love and approve of ourselves, it's amazing how weight just disappears from our bodies.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?

You must master a new way to think, before you can master a new way to be.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

The improvement of life was only accomplished to the extent to which it was based on a change of consciousness, that is, to the extent to which the law of violence was replaced in men's consciousness by the law of love.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.