Quotes about Self-improvement
Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.
- Thomas Merton
As to the learning that any person gains from school education, it serves only, like a small capital, to put him in a way of beginning learning for himself afterward.
- Thomas Paine
Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-correction.
- Norman Vincent Peale
People who are able to turn criticism into a positive situation are going to attract friends.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
- Norman Vincent Peale
If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will remember past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be master of my emotions.
- Og Mandino
I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why should the miracle that produced me end with my brith? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?
- Og Mandino
Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is—I will form good habits and become their slave.
- Og Mandino
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.
- Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different." It's accepting the past for what it was and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. —Oprah
- Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different." It's accepting the past for what it was and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. — Opra
- Oprah Winfrey