Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Improvement Quotes

"I intend to be me. Whatever that is"

David Geffen, Businessman

"Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do"

Eduardo Chillida, Sculptor

"Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it"

Eduardo Chillida, Sculptor

"The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder"

Anthony Trollope, Author

"I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone"

Henry Rollins, Musician

"The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot"

James Allen, Author

"Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him"

James Allen, Author

"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound"

James Allen, Author

"Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation"

James Allen, Author

"All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts"

James Allen, Author

"A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life"

James Allen, Author

"People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves"

Tryon Edwards, Theologian

"It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want, rather than what we do not want"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"Don't get too caught up in making money or having a job, get excited about the fact that you can design your life"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear"

Daniel Defoe, Journalist

"I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me"

Lawrence Welk, Musician

"Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy"

August Strindberg, Dramatist

"Rise above yourself"

Thomas J. Leonard, Businessman

"I don't have role models or watch much TV. I go to awards ceremonies but often I don't even know who the people are. I think that's good, because then you don't have preconceived ideas about them"

Christopher Parker, Actor

"You can never learn it all, and I hope to continue my growth as a person and a musician"

Lita Ford, Musician

"Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality"

Nadia Boulanger, Musician

"Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero"

David D. Burns, Writer

"I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be"

Jason Schwartzman, Actor

"Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about"

Laura Dern, Actress

"How you manage yourself as you deal with stuff in your life largely determines the quality of your life"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"I will not get very far with this attitude"

Nancy Cartwright, Actress

"I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go!"

Jason Mraz, Musician

"We all talk to ourselves. A major key to success exists in what we say to ourselves, which helps to shape our attitude and mindset"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"Some people are so afraid of getting to know themselves that they live and define their lives through the dreams and goals of others"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us"

Vernon Howard, Author

"It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition"

Vernon Howard, Author

"All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied"

Vernon Howard, Author

"Be who you want to be, do what it takes to be that way, and in time, you will have what you want in life"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind"

Vernon Howard, Author

"I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!"

Richard Chamberlain, Actor

"What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up, you kind of kick to the curb"

Jeff Bridges, Actor

"I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing, rather than what I want to be doing"

Bjork, Musician

"Once we know our weaknesses, they cease to do us any harm"

Georg C. Lichtenberg, Scientist

"I think I'm finally growing up - and about time"

Elizabeth Taylor, Actress

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