Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Improvement Quotes

"I think the Lower East Side inspires me. That whole neighborhood, a lot of the people that I worked with, seeing what we've gone through in life, being given an opportunity to understand who I am: my identity, my culture, and my roots"

Luis Guzman, Actor

"Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody"

Trent Reznor, Musician

"Of all the things I could know, my own faults and weaknesses are pretty much the most important"

Simon Travaglia, Author

"For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority"

Theodore White, Journalist

"I am not a natural dancer"

Ricki Lake, Entertainer

"When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place"

Jimmy Breslin, Entertainer

"Resolutions are popular because everyone feels they could use a little improvement"

Marilu Henner, Actress

"The more I learn and read about the 10th Muse I realize what a great fan base and cult following she has. I'm going to try to live up to the fantastic image of the 10th Muse!"

Cindy Margolis, Model

"I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people"

Dirk Benedict, Actor

"Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult"

Julia Cameron, Author

"I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best"

Sean Lennon, Musician

"I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again"

Julia Cameron, Author

"You have to look at the discrepancy between what you hoped and imagined and the reality of yourself and all your shortcomings"

Richard Grant, Author

"No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves"

Frederick William Robertson, Clergyman

"You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth"

Wayne Newton, Musician

"Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be"

Ninon de L'Enclos, Author

"This is the front edge of the spiritual, psychological movement and is where the tools of psychology have finally come together to create a mass healing. I think spiritual psychology is the next wave"

Kenny Loggins, Musician

"I want to be all that I am capable of becoming"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"I think there are huge lessons there for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there"

Story Musgrave, Astronaut

"All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity"

James F. Cooper, Novelist

"It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty"

Florida Scott-Maxwell, Writer

"I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee"

William Gurnall, Author

"I'm growing as an individual, but you'r always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically"

Mos Def, Musician

"I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive"

Patty Duke, Actress

"I had friends, but I was spending a great deal of my time alone, and for me that was vital, because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone"

Kate Bush, Musician

"You should tell yourself frequently 'I will only react to constructive suggestions.' This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others"

Jane Roberts, Author

"You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you"

James Caan, Actor

"I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me"

Margot Kidder, Actress

"One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax"

Ted Shackelford, Actor

"I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy"

Sandra Cisneros, Author

"You create your own reality"

Jane Roberts, Author

"The easiest time to cure an illness is before it is accepted as a part of the self-image"

Jane Roberts, Author

"If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

"We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves"

Learned Hand, Judge

"Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly"

Nolan Ryan, Athlete

"Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself"

Zhang Ziyi, Actress

"I'm not perfect, but I'd like to be perfect. I'm working on it"

Shelley Long, Actress

"I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better"

Josh Lucas, Actor

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