Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Improvement Quotes

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"I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older"

Darren Aronofsky, Director

"Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self"

B. R. Ambedkar, Politician

B. R. Ambedkar

"Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved"

Giacomo Casanova, Celebrity

Giacomo Casanova

"The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today"

Simon Sinek, Writer

Simon Sinek

"If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world, it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature"

Bruce Barton, Author

Bruce Barton

"Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice"

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Activist

"People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy"

Oliver Goldsmith, Poet

"Growth is the only evidence of life"

John Henry Newman, Clergyman

"There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self"

John Gay, Poet

"One does not become fully human, painlessly"

Rollo May, Psychologist

"If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself"

Rollo May, Psychologist

"Socially, I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before, frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality"

Carlisle Floyd, Composer

"When I discover who I am, I'll be free"

Ralph Ellison, Author

"I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me"

Reba McEntire, Musician

Reba McEntire

"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing"

George MacDonald, Novelist

"I'm just trying to grow every day"

Kevin Durant, Athlete

"We're all a work in progress. Nobody's perfect, and we all have our own insecurities"

Emma Heming Willis, Actress

Emma Heming Willis

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one"

James Anthony Froude, Historian

James Anthony Froude

"Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are"

Margaret Mahy, Author

Margaret Mahy

"I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living"

Christian Bale, Actor

Christian Bale

"It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself"

Walter Annenberg, Businessman

"Human improvement is from within outward"

James Anthony Froude, Historian

James Anthony Froude

"I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well"

Victoria Principal, Actress

Victoria Principal

"Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber"

Frank Crane, Clergyman

"You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself"

Victoria Principal, Actress

Victoria Principal

"When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity"

Victoria Principal, Actress

Victoria Principal

"I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something"

Jasmine Guy, Actress

"The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit"

David Lee Roth, Musician

"Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... A lot of people don't have the courage to do it"

Helen Hayes, Actress

"The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better"

Elizabeth Bowen, Novelist

"If you want to get positive results, you have to refuse to think negative thoughts by substituting them with constructive ones. When you develop a positive attitude toward life, your life will start having a positive result"

Roy T. Bennett, Writer

Roy T. Bennett

"Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace"

Roy T. Bennett, Writer

Roy T. Bennett

"I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me"

Jayne Mansfield, Actress

"Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another"

Norman Mailer, Novelist

"Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points"

Knute Rockne, Coach

"I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps"

Payne Stewart, Athlete

"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company"

Charles Evans Hughes, Judge

"I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure"

Maynard James Keenan, Musician

Maynard James Keenan

"The delights of self-discovery are always available"

Gail Sheehy, Writer

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