Quotes about Self-improvement

Addicts and alcoholics will tell you that their recovery began when they woke up in pitiful and degraded enough shape to take Step Zero, which is: Ãƒ¢Ã¢'¬Ã…"This shit has got to stop.

Let's define dumb as being different from stupid. Dumb means you don't know what you're supposed to know. Stupid means you know it but make bad choices. […] Dumb used to be a by-product of lack of access, bad teachers, or poor parenting. Today, dumb is a choice, one that's made by individuals who choose not to learn. If you don't know what you need to know, that's fixable. But first you have to want to fix it.

Perfect closes the door. It asserts that we're done, that this is the best we can do. Worse, perfect forbids us to try. To seek perfection and not reach it is a failure.

Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Life has taught me to just be the best I can be.

One of my theories about life is that we become what we believe.

My father turned my life around insisting I be more than I was and by believing I could be more.

The quality of one's life is directly related to the quality of questions one asks oneself.

Enlightenment demands that you take responsibility for your way of life.

Today is a new day. Today is a day for you to begin creating a joyous, fulfilling life.

I am great believer that, if you put your mind to anything, you can achieve anything.

If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that's where it is.