Best Quotes on Self Improvement

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than yesterday.

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

Constantly think about how you could be doing things better.

The important thing is not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment.

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

Stop comparing yourself to others and focus on your own improvement.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

Life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Being reminded of weakness does not help much; give strength, and strength does not come by thinking of weakness all the time. The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Ninety per cent of thought force is wasted by the ordinary human being, and therefore he is constantly committing blunders; the trained man or mind never makes a mistake. When the mind is concentrated and turned backward on itself, all within us will be our servants, not our masters.

Engage in those actions and thoughts that nurture the good qualities you want to have.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

What we dwell on is who we become.

Faults are yours to fix, not to curse.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

It's necessary to get the losers out of your life if you want to live your dream.

To raise your consciousness, surround yourself with people of higher consciousness.

Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.

Sometimes, the only way to evolve is to open ourselves fully.

If you are ever the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.

To earn more you must learn more.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

In order for you to be the BEST you can be for others, first you must be BEST for yourself.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today? What virtue did I acquire?

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of questions you ask.

If the grass is greener on the other side, maybe that's because you're not taking good care of your grass.

Don't shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your own better future.

To become what you are not, behave as you do not.

If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it - teach yourself.

You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-correction.

Make your mind your own business.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own.

Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you got.