Quotes about Self-improvement

When I first got an agent, they gave me some advice--lose weight.

Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.

You may have a wen or a cancer upon your person and not be able to cut it out lest you bleed to death; but surely it is no way tocure it, to engraft it and spread it over your whole body.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults," said Pascal, "but it is a still greater evil to be full of them, and to be unwilling to recognize them.

The young man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others snooze, pray while others daydream. Slothful habits are overcome, whether in thought, deed, or dress. The emerging leader eats right, stands tall, and prepares himself to wage spiritual warfare

Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

I don't fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step" (verse 26 NLT). That is exactly what every human being should do—run with certainty and purpose to win. We are not competing against others, only ourselves.

Comparing yourself to others is really just a needless distraction. The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by focusing on what you can do today to improve and grow.