Self Improvement Quotes

“Only that is poetry which cleanses and mans me.”

“Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.”

“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.”

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

“You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.”

“Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits. Each day we must strive for constant and never ending improvement.”

“Study your lessons, don't settle for less.”

“Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance.”

“I like my raps but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself.”

“Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.”

“But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.”

“We have to practice to become perfect.”

“Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.”

“We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.”

“Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”

“I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.”

“You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be”

“Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.”

“By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves stronger; and improving our strength in this manner step by step, we may reach a state in which it shall be our privilege to do the most coveted and honored duties in life and in society.”

“Practice makes us what we shall be.”

“Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.”

“Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.”

“It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.”

“Your ability needs responsibility to expose its possibilities. Do what you can with what you have where you are.”

“What is the use of talking of one's mistakes to the world? They cannot thereby be undone. For what one has done one must suffer; one must try and do better. The world sympathizes only with the strong and the powerful.”