Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Improvement Quotes

"I want to be radical on the inside, but not on the outside"

Jeremy Piven, Actor

"I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown"

Kathe Kollwitz, Artist

Daniel De Leon, Activist

"Everything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you"

Morgan Brittany, Actress

"Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do"

Joe Flanigan, Actor

"I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them and not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician"

Charlie Haden, Musician

"You have to attempt to be objective about yourself"

Charles Dance, Actor

"I'm tired of playing the brat"

Casey Affleck, Actor

"It is always possible to improve"

Bill Toomey, Athlete

"I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing"

Chantal Kreviazuk, Musician

"I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can"

Aaron Eckhart, Actor

"I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better"

Barry Bonds, Athlete

"The attitude is very important because your behavior radiates how you feel"

Lou Ferrigno, Actor

"The first half of life is spent mainly in finding out who we are through seeing ourselves in our interaction with others"

June Singer, Scientist

"To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing"

Janet Erskine Stuart, Poet

"At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration"

Nick Cave, Musician

"I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more"

Billy Sheehan, Musician

"If any human being is to reach full maturity, both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness"

M. Esther Harding, Psychoanalyst

"Awareness is empowering"

Rita Wilson, Actress

"I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing"

Rafer Johnson, Athlete

"Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress"

P. J. Harvey, Musician

"I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve"

Michael Welch, Actor

"Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties"

Hugh Blair, Theologian

"My problem was, I let myself become known before I knew myself"

Elliott Gould, Actor

"I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught"

Fred L. Turner, Businessman

"If you nurture your mind, body, and spirit, your time will expand. You will gain a new perspective that will allow you to accomplish much more"

Brian Koslow

"It's not about finding a home so much as finding yourself"

Jason Behr, Actor

"I never wanted to limit myself to just impressions. I wanted to branch out and develop other parts of my game"

Aries Spears, Actor

"I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see"

Sasha Alexander, Actress

"I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them"

Mary Decker, Athlete

"I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure"

Nigel Kennedy, Musician

"Before you can do something, you must first be something"

John Gielgud, Actor

"In an age of specialization, people are proud to be able to do one thing well, but if that is all they know about, they are missing out on much else life has to offer"

Dennis Flanagan, Editor

"The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place?"

Kathleen Battle, Actress

"Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process"

Jerry Moran, Politician

"I would recommend it to everybody, every now and again you just put a dress on, see what it feels like, because it's, it's interesting. A whole complex series of thoughts and feelings assail you as you look at yourself"

Tom Wilkinson, Actor

"I've matured since joining United, on and off the field"

Wayne Rooney, Athlete

"The whole point in developing your own style is to find your own voice"

Dave Holland, Musician

"I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion"

Barry Williams, Actor

"If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit"

Dana Plato, Actress

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