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Self-Improvement Quotes

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High expectations are the key to everything.

He who knows only his own generation remains forever a child.

He who knows others is clever; he who knows himself is enlightened.

Health is not merely the absence of disease, it is the state of complete well-being.

– The World Health Organization

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another’s mishap.

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

– Barry LePatner

God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.

– Swedish Proverb

For most people the danger in their self-analysis is that it stops too soon. They are too easily satisfied. Self-analysis should last a lifetime.

– Sigmund Freud

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.

– line from “One Special Night”

Evolve, don’t revolve.

– Matthew McConaughey

Expanding your horizons requires breaking through your limitations.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

– Aldous Huxley

Everyone and everything around you is your teacher.

– Jr., Ken Keyes

Even the best lumberjack in the forest has to sharpen his ax occasionally.

Effectiveness can be learned. It’s a self-discipline, though, so it can’t be taught.

– Peter F. Drucker

Don’t wait to have a good day. Make one.

Don’t push for growth. Instead, remove the constraints which limit growth.

– Peter M. Senge

Don’t get sunburned basking in the sunshine of your success.

Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

– William Faulkner

Dont let your past dictate who you are. But let it be part of who you will become.

– line from the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”

Demons in our lives and be angels that we haven’t faced yet. They can lead you to discover new things about yourself and pave the way for greater personal growth.

Chase your passion, not your pension.

Apply a rigid standard of morality to your life; and if, periodically, you fail – as you surely will – adjust your life, NOT the standards.

All of life is an obstacle course, with ourselves as the chief obstacle.

Adulthood begins when a person asks himself the question, What do I want to be remembered for?

– St. Augustine

Advice is less necessary to the wise than to fools, but the wise derive most advantage from it.

– Francesco Guicciardini

A single drop of enthusiasm can generate noticeable waves.

A smile is contagious; start an epidemic.

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