Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Improvement Quotes

"I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it"

Alanis Morissette, Musician

"One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid"

Anna Faris, Actress

"I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life"

Kelsey Grammer, Actor

"I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing"

Kristin Chenoweth, Actress

"The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud"

Randy Johnson, Athlete

"I think from here on, it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show, it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far"

Shiri Appleby, Actress

"Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give the best that is in you to your age and to your world. There are heroic possibilities waiting to be discovered in every person"

Wilferd A. Peterson, Writer

"I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better"

Meg Tilly, Actress

"Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret"

Miguel Angel Ruiz, Author

"We tend to become like those whom we admire"

Thomas S. Monson, Clergyman

"If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do"

Peter Sarsgaard, Actor

"People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves"

Debra Wilson, Comedian

"To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely"

Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Novelist

"I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is"

Jill Scott, Musician

"A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?"

Jane Wagner, Comedian

"I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better as an actor and as a person"

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Actor

"What I have learned from my work up to now is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance"

Jane Campion, Director

"I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion"

Zane Grey, Author

"There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that"

Bill Kurtis, Journalist

"I think that you have to present an image that is... true to you, and... the way you would like to be perceived, so I think that through the years I've worked really hard at trying to create an image that is true to me"

Kristanna Loken, Actress

"You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society"

Samantha Morton, Actress

"Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace"

Josh McDowell, Writer

"With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more"

Robin Gibb, Musician

"The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us"

Sheryl Lee, Actor

"I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be"

Otis Williams, Musician

"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not"

Virgil Thomson, Composer

"As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given"

Mary Lou Retton, Athlete

"The price of self-empowerment is what I call it. Somebody who thinks outside the box"

Andrew McCarthy, Actor

"I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff"

Joseph Fiennes, Actor

"I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it"

Studs Terkel, Journalist

"You've got to be the best person you can be in your life"

Jeff Gordon, Athlete

"In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously"

Pras Michel, Musician

"I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that"

George Woodcock, Writer

"I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves"

Joyce Maynard, Writer

"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave"

G. I. Gurdjieff, Educator

"I'm going to do things when they are right for me"

Paul Gascoigne, Athlete

"I have an extremely addictive personality. I'm an extremist"

Leif Garrett, Musician

"Sometimes you want to make your own experiences"

Martina Hingis, Athlete

"I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you"

Taylor Dayne, Musician

"What you become is what counts"

Liz Smith, Journalist

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