Improvement Quotes

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  Everything is practice.

  Pele

  Inspirational, Soccer, Athlete

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• Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Philosophy, Practice

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Effective Leadership”, p.11, Jaico Publishing House

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  There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

  Aldous Huxley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Time Must Have a Stop (1945) ch. 7

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  No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

  Tiger Woods

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Success, Money, Congratulations

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• Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.

  Bill Gates

  Mistake, Successful, Keys

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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• Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

  Tom Peters

  Inspirational, Loyalty, Educational

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• Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement.

  Kenneth H. Cooper

  Running, Week, Miles

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• The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.

  Erno Rubik

  Cubes, Imitation, Imitation Of Life

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• After Ive sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.

  Margaret Haddix

  Editors, Agents, Phases

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• We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.

  Franz Liszt

  Play, Style, Musician

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• Human improvement is from within outward.

  James Anthony Froude

  Character, Humans

  James Anthony Froude (2004). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.378, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

  Robert Kennedy

  Change, Hope, Courage

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward.

  Joe Pass

  Inspirational, Music, Guitar

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• The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

  Benjamin Haydon

  Inspirational, Life, Self Improvement

  Benjamin Robert Haydon (1853). “Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter”, p.52

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• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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• Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

  Tom Peters

  Business, Design Process, Poor Quality

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• Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Perfect, Rooms, Perfection

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• Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

  William Pollard

  Creativity, Opportunity, Innovation

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• Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

  Hugh Blair

  Fitness, Health, Exercise

  Hugh Blair (1798). “Sentimental Beauties from the Writings of Dr. Blair: Selected with a View to Refine the Taste, Rectify the Judgment, and Mould the Heart to Virtue”, p.247

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• Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

  George Orwell

  Political Language, Decay, Chaos

  George Orwell (1986). “The complete works of George Orwell”

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• The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.

  Michael Porter

  Facts, Consistent, Risk Management

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• I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.

  Sylvia Kristel

  Live Life, Proud, Rooms

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