Self Improvement Quotes - Page 13

• In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

  Harry S. Truman

  Life, Motivational, Reading

  Harry S. Truman (1999). “Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed”, p.138, University of Missouri Press

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• It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

  Arnold Bennett

  Friendship, God, Judging

  Arnold Bennett (2015). “Mental Efficiency: Top of Bennett”, p.13, 谷月社

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• I don't mind what the critics say, so long as I get some reaction. The worst thing is to be ignored.

  Les Dawson

  Long, Mind, Ignored

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you create something that makes a difference in people's lives, you are likely to become a business success as well

  Richard Branson

  Differences, People, Making A Difference

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• There’s a whole list of things I would probably change about myself. For example, I’m always trying to lose fifteen pounds. But I never need to be skinny. I don’t want to be skinny. I’m constantly in a state of self-improvement but I don’t beat myself up over it.

  Mindy Kaling

  Self, Always Trying, Example

  "Mindy Kaling Makes Her Vogue Debut, Proudly Tells the Magazine: 'I Don't Want to Be Skinny'" by Zach Johnson, www.eonline.com. March 27, 2014.

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• We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

  Deepak Chopra

  Change, Death, Health

  Deepak Chopra (2007). “The Essential Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Essence of the Quantum Alternative to Growing Old”, p.16, Harmony

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• In short, we lose the freshness and spontaneity of true conversation. These are areas in which everyone interested in self-improvement will seek to improve.

  Dale Carnegie

  Self, Improvement, Spontaneity

  "The Quick And Easy Way To Effective Speaking".

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• There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Helping Others, Help And Support, People

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• I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me, until the last small twig has grown.

  Kathe Kollwitz

  Life, Achievement, Have Faith

  Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Kollwitz (1988). “The Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz”, p.64, Northwestern University Press

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• Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

  John Tillotson

  Inspirational, Practice, Brighten Your Day

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• Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Life, Inspiring

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• Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Love, Inspirational, Destiny

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• Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it.

  James Thomas Fields

  Summer, Heart, Sunshine

  James Thomas Fields (1881). “Underbrush”

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• The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we allow to gather in our head. All concepts of self-improvement, all actions and paths we take, relate solely to our abstract image of ourselves. Life is limited only by how we really see ourselves and feel about our being. A great deal of pure self-knowledge and inner understanding allows us to lay an all-important foundation for the structure of our life from which we can perceive and take the right avenues.

  Bruce Lee

  Self, Understanding, Important

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• Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

  Ross Perot

  Leadership, Business, Engineering

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• The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Inspirational, Get Well, Cancer

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• Cheerfulness is full of significance: it suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human nature.

  Charles Kingsley

  Soul, Human Nature, Good Health

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• You must master a new way to think, before you can master a new way to be.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Success, Teacher

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.158, Hay House, Inc

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• The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

  Phillips Brooks

  Men, May, Able

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• Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

  Jeremy Collier

  Inspirational, Monday, Learning

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• What I know for sure is that behind every catastrophe, there are great lessons to be learned. Among the many that we as a country need to get is that as long as we play the "us and them" game, we don't evolve as people, as a nation, as a planet.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Country, Business

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• Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

  Alan Watts

  Spiritual, Vanity, Self

  Alan Watts (2011). “In My Own Way: An Autobiography”, p.191, New World Library

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• Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.

  Brian Tracy

  Success, Business, Practice

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Nov 03, 2013

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• The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Clever, Drinking, Men

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, W. B. Rönnfeldt (1898*). “Goethe's Criticisms, Reflections, and Maxims”

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• Look for the best in people to build a fantastic team

  Richard Branson

  Team, People, Looks

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