Quotes about Self-improvement

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

It's not okay to be critical of yourself.

It's one thing to stop speaking negative, debilitating words over yourself, but you've got to take it a step further by replacing those words with positive declarations over yourself and your future.

Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.

Who struggles more than those who strive to overcome themselves?

Two things especially lead to great improvement: the will to drag yourself from the things that will naturally harm you and the desire to pursue the good things that you need the most. You should also watch out for those things that irritate you in other people; when you see them in yourself, get rid of them. Turn everything to your advantage.

If thou canst not make thine own self what thou desireth, how shalt thou be able to fashion another to thine own liking. We are ready to see others made perfect, and yet we do not amend our own shortcomings.

He who shaneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!