Quotes about Self-improvement

The man who kicks up a shindy will probably improve the morals of mankind; he will beyond any question improve his own. In short, I believe getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin.

Be the greatest thing that has ever happened to you.

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.

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.

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.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-correction.

People who are able to turn criticism into a positive situation are going to attract friends.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.