303 Phenomenal Quotes About Bettering Yourself Everyday

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Quotes About Bettering Yourself

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Walt Whitman

Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become. Eli Cohen

Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.
Zig Ziglar

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experiences that reveals the human spirit. E.E. Cummings

Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. Vince Lombardi

Beginning today, set an intention and a relentless focus on living your life as the greatest person you can be, in all situations. Brendon Burchard

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth. John C. Maxwell

To double your income and success, triple your investment in personal development and professional mastery. Robin Sharma

Life improvement begins with self-improvement. ATGW

The best investment you can make is in yourself. Warren Buffet

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination. Diane Sawyer

Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less. Norman Mailer

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Carl Bard

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway

If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you’ll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you’ve already been in. Anne Lamott

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. Bill Gates

What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. Anaïs Nin

Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow. Carrie Fisher

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess. The Dalai Lama

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Babe Ruth

The greatest investment you’ll ever make is investing in you. Wesam Fawzi

Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. Sam Ewing

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. Paulo Coelho

Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before. Pat Summitt

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe

So what is the difference between power thinking and positive thinking? The distinction is slight but profound. To me, people use positive thinking to pretend that everything is rosy, when they really believe that it’s not. With power thinking, we understand that everything is neutral, that nothing has meaning except for the meaning we give it, and that we are going to make up a story and give something it’s meaning. T. Harv Eker

Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. Barbara Corcoran

Be humble always and identify with the common man; even when success and achievements want to make you proud. Bishop Leonard Umumna

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Les Brown

Life gets better whern we get better, life changes when we change. ATGW

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Alexander Graham Bell

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it. Vince Lombardi

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. Maya Angelou

If the people in your circle aren’t contributing to your growth, then you’re not in a circle… you’re in a cage. Kianu Starr

Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow. Jay-Z

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. Joyce Meyer

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. Madonna

The constant happiness is curiosity. Alice Munro

When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.
Karen E. Quinones Miller

The power of imagination makes us infinite. John Muir

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle

With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt

Personal development is essential for a positive mindset, self-motivational, increasing self-belief and raising your standards. Anonymous

However mean your life is, meet it and live it. Henry David Thoreau

Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcolm Forbes

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. George Bernard Shaw

Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world…if you do so, you are insulting yourself. Bill Gates

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall

Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. Jim Rohn

Don’t be afraid to hit the ball. Billie Jean King

We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it. Rick Warren

Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.
Robin Sharma

No matter what the situation is…close your eyes and think of all the things you could be grateful for in your life right now. Deepak Chopra

You are essentially who you create yourself to be, and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making. Stephen Richards

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have laboured hard for. Socrates

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner

What is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. Willa Cather

Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can. Zig Ziglar

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. Denis Waitley

In this world you’re either growing or you’re dying, so get in motion and grow. Lou Holtz

There is no challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself. Anonymous

Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.
Denis Waitley

There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier. Melissa Etheridge

What holds most people back isn’t the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves. You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be. Russell Simmons

You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

What we think, we become. Buddha

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of. Markus Zusak

Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr.

There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will. Albert Einstein

There’s only one growth strategy: work hard. William Hague

Do something today that your future self will thank you for. Anonymous

Do your best, and be a little better than you are. Gordon B. Hinckley

Always do what you are afraid to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Anne Frank

The dreaming has to be backed up by the doing. Carrie Wilkerson

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash

It is not as much about who you used to, as it is about who you choose to be. Sanhita Baruah

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world that is the myth of the atomic age as in being able to remake ourselves. Mahatma Gandhi

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky

Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person from yesterday. Anonymous

Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends. Brian Tracy

Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. B. R. Ambedkar

Personal development seperates you from the crowd. ATGW

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.
Napoleon Hill

I think personal growth has much to do with acting ability.- Beverly D’Angelo

Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis. Zig Ziglar

Who is a true seeker grows, learns and discovers that he is the only one responsible for what happens.. Jorge Bucay

Do not sit around waiting for things to come to you. Fight for what you want, take responsibility for yourself. Michel Tanus

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. Morihei Ueshiba

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.. James Cash Penny

I am, indeed, a practical dreamer. My dreams are not airy nothings. I want to convert my dreams into realities as far as possible. Mahatma Gandhi

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. Winston Churchill

I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Larry Bird

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor Frankl

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
Haruki Murakami

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

If you want to become successful, you must first become the person who can be successful. Anonymous

There is always room for improvement. Anonymous

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you. Robin Sharma

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou

Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. Langston Hughes

When you are at that intersection in the road and you’ve got two paths to go down, because of the impact of certain people in your life, you’re able to choose the right path. Jason Witten

There is one single thread binding my way together…the way of the Master consists in doing one’s best…that is all. Confucius

Freedom lies in being bold. Robert Frost

The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.
Anonymous

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

It’s not about money or connectionsâ€it’s the willingness to out work and outlearn everyone…And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time. Mark Cuban

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve. Bill Gates

An education is not so much about making a living as making a person. Tara Westover

Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops at all. Emily Dickinson

Work on yourself more than you do on your job. Jim Rohn

The health of your brain is much more about your actions than your age.
Dr. Daniel Amen

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. Brian Tracy

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie

We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimesâ€understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. Arianna Huffington

Bettering Yourself Quotes

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby

Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person from yesterday. Anonymous

Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Shel Silverstein

We all have internal struggles and personal challenges. Do not let anyone make you feel bad about yours. Izey Victoria Odiase

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. Anne Lamott

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. Pearl S. Buck

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller

If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself? Miguel Ruiz

Don’t take anything personally. Nothings others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. Don Miguel Ruiz

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. Confucius

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
Abraham Maslow

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement. Spanish Proverb

I think it’s a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one’s self. Arthur Miller, Playwright

The key to growth is acknowledging your fear of the unknown and jumping in anyway. Jen Sincero

Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own. Bruce Lee

Personal development brings forth your greatness from within. ATGW

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb

It is never too late to be who you might have been. George Eliot

Be the change you want to see in the world. Gandhi

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. Malala Yousafzai

Love yourself enough to work harder.
Anonymous

You must have a level of discontent to feel the urge to want to grow. Idowu Koyenikan

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.- Frederick Douglass

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. Colin Powell, Retired U.S. Army Four-Star General

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. Amelia Earhart

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen

The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. Jim Rohn

An investment in your personal development is the best investment you can make. Jim Rohn

You’re either green and growing or you’re ripe and rotting. John Addison

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person. Jim Rohn

I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do. Brene Brown

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad. Jimmy Buffett

Be patient with yourself. You are growing stronger every day. The weight of the world will become lighter…and you will begin to shine brighter. Don’t give up.
Robert Tew

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. J. K. Rowling

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. Paulo Coelho

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves. Swami Vivekananda

When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top. Anonymous

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. If you want to reach your goals and fulfill your potential, become intentional about your personal growth. It will change your life. Jim Rohn

You’ve got to have rules to live by, and one of mine is always say yes. Put yourself in danger of something amazing happening to you. Tom Bilyeu

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

Never neglect an opportunity for self-improvement. Anonymous

Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey

The first step is you have to say that you can. Will Smith

The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates

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

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Bernard M. Baruch

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish Proverb

We all have something that we are meant to do. Your genius will shine through, and happiness will fill your life, the instant you discover your higher purpose you will then direct all your energies towards it.
Robin Sharma

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. John C.Maxwell

A good criterion for measuring success in life is the number of people you have made happy. Robert J. Lumsden

Personal development is a major time-saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals. Brian Tracy

If you want to make a masterpiece, you have to be willing to create a little garbage along the way. James Clear

What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Napoleon Hill

To grow yourself, start from knowing yourself. Anonymous

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you…never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote

Don’t go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth

You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.
John Lennon

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

You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness. Diane von Furstenberg

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserves your love & affection. Buddha

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.- N. R. Narayana Murthy

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Steve Jobs

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. Carl R. Rogers

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Confucius

Every time we push personal development aside, we invite personal struggle into our lives. Hal Elrod

People don’t grow by accident, they grow by design. Design yourself. Design your future. Success never just happens.
Anonymous

Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole. Seneca

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday, that person cannot say, I choose otherwise. Stephen R. Covey

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life. Angelina Jolie

Work harder than everybody. You’re not going to get it by whining, and you’re not going to get it by shouting, and you’re not going to get it by quitting. You’re going to get it by being there. Barbara Walters

The time is now. Stop hitting the snooze button on your life. Mel Robbins

The key to happiness is really progress and growth and constantly working on yourself and developing something. Lewis Howes

Fall down seven times, get up eight. Japanese proverb

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. Maya Angelou

Leap off the fence of indecision. Get out of the ‘Want to Lane’ and put yourself into the ‘Got to Lane.’
Gloria Mayfield Banks

The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. Benjamin Mays

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. Arnold Schwarzenegger

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Henry Ward Beecher

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been. T.D. Jakes

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. Malcolm S. Forbes

Quotes On Bettering Yourself

The roughest roads often lead to the top. Christina Aguilera

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want. Kevin Ngo

Income seldom exceeds personal development. Jim Rohn

Happiness isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy. Dr. Phil

There’s only one investment that will never go down an investment in yourself. Frank Sonnenberg

Look in the mirror that’s your competition. Anonymous

A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for. Marcus Aurelius

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how Fredrick Nietzsche

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short . William Shakespeare

We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Oprah Winfrey

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive. Matt Cameron

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.
Randy Pausch

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear. Mark Twain

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong. William Thackeray

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. Albert Einstein

When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn

A setback is a setup for a comeback T.D. Jakes

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t. Steve Maraboli

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Bruce Lee

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
Bill Gates

You have to begin to tell the story of your life as you now want it to be and discontinue the tales of how it has been or of how it is. Esther and Jerry Hicks

Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you. Hillary Clinton

You will never influence the world by trying to be like it. Anonymous

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. Christopher Reeve

My life constantly under construction. There’s always something to improve. Anonymous

You get your confidence and intuition back by trusting yourself, by being militantly on your own side. … Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance. Anne Lamott

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain

Whatever you choose, do it fullywith passion and childlike enthusiasm. Dr. Oz

Be the type of person you want to meet. Anonymous

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
Barack Obama

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

We are either moving forward or moving backward. There is no such thing as standing still. Becky Williamson-Martin

Growth is actually contagious, so if you want to reach your goals, you’ve got to get around people who are going in the same direction you want to be going, and you will catch the success. Dr. Henry Cloud

We all hope. It’s what keeps us alive. David Mamet, Playwright

Change is your friend not your foe; change is a brilliant opportunity to grow. Simon T. Bailey

Improvement begins with I. Anonymous

Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.- James E. Faust

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be? – Goldie Hawn

Anyone who doesn’t make mistakes isn’t trying hard enough.
Wess Robert

Your job is to be the best that you can possibly be. Brain Tracy

If you want to get more, you must become more. ATGW

Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming â€ well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. Amy Tan

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius

The top players in every field think differently when all the marbles are on the line. Great performers focus on what they are doing, and nothing else…They let it happen, let it go. They couldn’t care less about the results. John Eliot

Hope is the physician of each misery. Irish Proverb

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein

Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success. Shiv Khera

Personal development the never ending chance to improve not only yourself but also attract opportunities and affect others. Jim Rohn

People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Rob Siltanen

There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all in which case, you fail by default. J.K. Rowling

Happiness is in your ability to love others. Leo Tolstoy

If you continuously compete others, you become bitter, but if you continuously compete with yourself you become better. Anonymous

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. Barbara Kingsolver

Be so busy improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Anonymous

Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end. Robin Sharma

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents, and interests.
Sheryl Sandberg

Personal development is the conscious choice to improve one’s life to become a better person and to grow as an individual. Anonymous

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Benjamin Franklin

Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life. Deborah Day

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward Bulwer-Lytton

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Henry David Thoreau

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment. Stephen Covey

Problems are messages. Shakti Gawain New Age author of Personal Development

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Carl Jung

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
Ella Fitzgerald

You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. Shonda Rhimes

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain

In your own life it’s important to know how spectacular you are. Steve Maraboli

Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily. Lemony Snicket

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.- Jean Vanier

It’s really not your business what others are doing. What matters is what you’re doing. Clyde Lee Dennis

Don’t find fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.
James Allen

Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there. William Blake

Self-trust is the first secret of success. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Will Durant

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey

Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. Bernice Johnson Reagon

The longest journey is the journey inward. Dag Hammarskjold

Do you love yourself enough to Be what you love yourself enough to WANT? Steve Maraboli

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. Confucius

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t you’re right.
Henry Ford

Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement. Anthony J. D’Angelo

The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development. Robin Sharma

To Sum Up

Hopefully you’re now fired up after reading these quotes about bettering yourself.

Print out your favourites and put them up around your house.

Also, I’d love to know which ones inspire you the most.

Drop them in the comments below.

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