Self-improvement is the improvement of one’s knowledge, status, or character by one’s own efforts. Inspirational self improvement quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Most Famous Self Improvement Quotes
Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of. – Markus Zusak
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been. – T.D. Jakes
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway
A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. – Dale Carnegie
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
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw
The health of your brain is much more about your actions than your age. – Dr. Daniel Amen
Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement. – Anthony J. D’Angelo
My life constantly under construction. There’s always something to improve. Anonymous
You’re either green and growing or you’re ripe and rotting. – John Addison
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. – Jane Goodall
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
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. – Pearl S. Buck
Change is your friend not your foe; change is a brilliant opportunity to grow. – Simon T. Bailey
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
Be so busy improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. – Albert Einstein
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
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. – Jim Rohn
If you continuously compete others, you become bitter, but if you continuously compete with yourself you become better.
The key to heppiness is really progress and growth and constantly working on yourself and developing something. – Lewis Howes
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
Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness. – Deborah Day
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
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
Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
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
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
Improvement begins with I.
You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. – 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
Leap off the fence of indecision. Get out of the ‘Want to Lane’ and put yourself into the ‘Got to Lane.’ – Gloria Mayfield Banks
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
It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be. – Sanhita Baruah
The time is now. Stop hitting the snooze button on your life. – Mel Robbins
When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top. Anonymous
Work on yourself more than you do on your job. Jim Rohn
The dreaming has to be backed up by the doing. – Carrie Wilkerson
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
You only grow when you are alone. – Paul Newman
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. – Socrates
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
The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development. – Robin Sharma
Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends. Brian Tracy
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
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway
Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world…if you do so, you are insulting yourself. – Bill Gates
The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit. – David Lee Roth
What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others. – Immanuel Kant
Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person from yesterday.
Don’t go through life, grow through life. – Eric Butterworth
Be the type of person you want to meet.
Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity. – Marie Curie
Man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. – Will Rogers
There is always room for improvement.
There is no challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself.
Never neglect an opportunity for self-improvement.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. – Carl R. Rogers
Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades. – Mme. Du Deffand
Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. – Leo Tolstoy
The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself. – B. R. Haydon
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. – Aldos Huxley
Love yourself enough to work harder.
We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are. – Oprah Winfrey
Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement. – Baltasar Gracian
It is not as much about who you used to, as it is about who you choose to be. – Sanhita Baruah
Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work. – Michael Jordan
We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own to do list. – Michelle Obama
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. – Amelia Earhart
When I had challenges, it taught me to be more on top of it for the future. Things go wrong all the time when you’re running your own business, but it’s how you perceive it and deal with it that matters. – Lori Greiner
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
The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills. – Tony Buzan
Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before. – Pat Summitt
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway
Those who seek a better life must first become a better person. – Jim Rohn
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. – Bernice Johnson Reagon
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. – Paulo Coelho
Let us cultivate our garden. – Voltaire
Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve. – Bill Gates
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. – Maxwell Maltz
Do your best, and be a little better than you are. – Gordon B. Hinckley
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. – Albert Einstein
In your own life it’s important to know how spectacular you are. – Steve Maraboli
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
I’ve done a lot of self-improvement. I’m always working on being a better person. – Joel Madden
A scrap of paper and a stub of a pencil beats the best memory. – Michael Wardinski
Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement. – Anthony J. D’Angelo
What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself. – Thomas Sprat
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. – Aldous Huxley
Never neglect an opportunity for improvement. – Sir William Jones
Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most. – Melinda Gates
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system. – Benjamin Disraeli
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison
Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. – Oliver Goldsmith
Practice yourself in little things, and thence proceed to greater. – Epictetus
Self-improvement books, friends, and polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing, and solving our real problems. – Martha Beck
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw
Remedy your deficiencies, and your merits will take care of themselves. – Edward Bulwer-Lytton
