Quotes about Self-improvement
Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself.
— Thomas a Kempis
Slowly but surely, you will learn to behave as you would have wished to behave but were too wounded to know how.
— Marianne Williamson
May God's will be done" is the same thing as saying, "May I become the best that I'm capable of being.
— Marianne Williamson
He is best of all who of himself conceiveth all things; Good again is he too who can adopt a good suggestion; But whoso neither of himself conceiveth nor hearing from another Layeth it to heart;—he is a useless man.
— Aristotle
Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Life is a mirror, smile at it:-)
— Anonymous
I am not the man I ought to be, I am not the man I wish to be and I am not the man I hope to be, but, by the grace of God, I am not the man I used to be.
— John Newton
Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
— John Wooden
I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.
— Maya Angelou
I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.
— John Wooden
We don't have to be perfect today. We don't have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can.
— Joseph Wirthlin
If you're glued together right and honorable, you will succeed. Get in there and get rid of stupidities and avoid bad people. Try teaching that to your grandchildren. The best way is by example. Fix yourself.
— Charlie Munger