Self Improvement Quotes - Page 29

• A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

  C. S. Lewis

  God, Wisdom, Humility

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is

  William George Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  William George Jordan (2007). “The Majesty of Calmness”, p.43, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Do your best, and be a little better than you are.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Persistence, Excellence, Littles

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• Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

  Anton Chekhov

  Love, Feelings, Normal

  "Seeing Chekhov". Book by Michael Finke, 2005.

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• Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

  Confucius

  Music, Wisdom, Art

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• Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspiring, Karma, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.38, Penguin

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• We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again and that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Philosophical

  Following the Equator ch. 11, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

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• In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• It is possible to be honest every day. It is possible to live so that others can trust us-can trust our words, our motives, and our actions. Our examples are vital to those who sit at our feet as well as those who watch from a distance. Our own constant self-improvement will become as a polar star to those within our individual spheres of influence. They will remember longer what they saw in us than what they heard from us. Our attitude, our point of view, can make a tremendous difference.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Stars, Attitude, Distance

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.33, Harmony

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• Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because no matter what, I AM a SURVIVOR, NOT a victim.

  Patricia Buckley

  Survivor, Matter, Victim

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• Try viewing everyone who comes into your life as a teacher.

  Wayne Dyer

  Teacher, Attitude, Trying

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.65, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There's nothing wrong with self-improvement, as long as you recognize that at some point you're going to have to accept yourself in all your imperfect glory. What's wrong with liking yourself the way you are?

  Jessica Zafra

  Self, Long, Way

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• You cannot fix what you will not face.

  James A. Baldwin

  Faces

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• Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic principle of how to be a human being.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Self, Mind, Technique

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.38, Shambhala Publications

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• Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

  J. K. Rowling

  Self, Goal, Firsts

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• Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others.

  John Templeton

  Helping Others, Self, Trying

  John Templeton (1998). “The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God”, p.95, Templeton Foundation Press

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