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Self-Improvement Quotes

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Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life – there, if one must speak out, the real man.

– Marcus Aurelius

Plant a thought, reap an act. Plant an act, reap a habit. Plant a habit, reap a character. Plant a character, reap a destiny.

People with humility don’t think less of themselves…they just think about themselves less.

– Kenneth Blanchard

Perhaps, the most important factors that inhibit us are short-sightedness, narrow-mindedness, and selfishness. A narrow-minded selfishness can lead to self-destruction. We have to realize that in reality our own interest is closely linked to the interest of others, and that the benefits, happiness, and interest of others are our own.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.

– Oliver Goldsmith

People don’t care how much you know…until they know how much you care.

Patient, heal thyself!

Our strength is that we don’t have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don’t have any real strengths.

– Frank Broyles

Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.

Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

– Frederick W. Robertson

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

– Henry David Thoreau

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.

– Thomas J. Watson

Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.

– A.E. Hotchner

Nothing makes you improve yourself more than a tough competitor.

– Steve Young

No situation is so bad that losing your temper won’t make it worse.

No one, not even you, gives one hundred-percent perfect performance every time. The business world belongs to the quick and the bold…not the perfect. It’s the struggle towards perfection that counts.

– Richard S. Sloma

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

– Kenneth Blanchard

No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.

Never give up. Never give up. Never, never, never.

– Winston Churchill

Never be satisfied because improvement is always possible!

Most folks don’t know what they want, but they’re pretty sure they don’t have it.

– Alfred E. Newman

Most people add a silent, unconscious modifying phrase to all their commitments — ‘as long as it’s not uncomfortable.

– John Roger & Peter McWilliams

Many people go through life doing the same things over and over but expecting different results.

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

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is an echo — what you send out comes back.

Life is for laughing, loving and living.

Learning is a major problem for modern organizations. Few know how to capture the experience generated by all the ad hoc teams and networks that increasingly populate the world.

– Lipnack & Stamps

Learning is the ultimate freedom.

Lack of skill dictates economy of style.

– Joey Ramone

Knowing others leads to wisdom; Knowing the self leads to Enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self calls for inner strength.

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