Improving Yourself Quotes - Page 2

• I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?

  Goldie Hawn

  Beauty, Confidence, Running

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• The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

  Benjamin Haydon

  Inspirational, Life, Self Improvement

  Benjamin Robert Haydon (1853). “Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter”, p.52

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• Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.

  Christian D. Larson

  Spiritual, Anger, Optimism

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• Be so busy Improving your self that you have no time to criticize others.

  Chetan Bhagat

  Optimistic, Self, Optimism

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• If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

  Sarah Dessen

  Determination, Work Out, Trying

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.210, Penguin

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• An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at ways to improve things or make things better. I'm not really one to harp on previous records. I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.

  Paul Weller

  Moving, Artist, Trying

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• Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

  Dale Carnegie

  Trying, Improving, Profitable

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• If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!

  Idries Shah

  Wise, Men, Thinking

  Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.28, Octagon Press Ltd

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• Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, your improve your world.

  Joe Vitale

  Love You, Loving Yourself, World

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• You improve yourself and light up the corner that you live on. You may not touch a gazillion lives, but you can light up your own space, light up your home.

  Lauryn Hill

  Home, Space, Light

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• People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can't do that if you don't take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.

  John C. Maxwell

  Mistake, Moving, Responsibility

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Promises for Your Week”, p.88, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team.

  John Wooden

  Team, Observing

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• At least you're learning a thing or two about wine. Good to hear you're making such an effort to improve yourself." "Does the U.S. attorney know how much you like spending your Saturday nights eavesdropping on private conversations?" Nick asked. "The U.S. attorney knows exactly how I like spending my Saturday nights.

  Julie James

  Wine, Night, Two

  Julie James (2011). “A Lot Like Love”, p.71, Penguin

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• At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself.

  Suresh Raina

  Skills, Levels, Cricket

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• I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!

  Richard Chamberlain

  Unique, Two, Carbon Footprint

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The best way to improve your team is to improve yourself.

  John Wooden

  Team, Way, Best Way

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• If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself.

  Indra Nooyi

  Organization, Want, Ifs

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• You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to improve yourself? I have never in my entire life met a man who didn't want to go to bed with me because I was too fat.

  Erica Jong

  Men, Want, Bed

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• If you want to prove yourself to God, improve yourself. Words of guidance are so simple, yet so deep - anybody can win, if he be the soul entry.
  Unfortunately, in every field, there are so many entries and so to win , one has to cultivate excellence.

  Chinmayananda Saraswati

  Winning, Simple, Soul

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• When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I welcome them. Even though it may not feel amazing at first. You have to embrace it and use it to improve yourself.

  Laura Prepon

  Use, May, Firsts

  "Radiance from Within". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• What is tragic today is that there is a number of Muslims who think that all the solutions are to be found simply by external actions. They don't have to do anything within themselves. This is a deeply Western idea - modern, Western idea, where you try to improve the world without improving yourself. And this is what the Muslims who talk about others putting their heads in the sand and that "We are doing jihad and we are political" and so forth, they are emulating a very important mistake of modernism.

  Seyyed Hossein Nasr

  Mistake, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• The best songs for me come from the search for joy. You're in a negative place maybe, but you're still striving to improve yourself and find happiness.

  Skylar Grey

  Song, Joy, Negative

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• Do it because it's in your heart. Not because you want something in return. Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

  Socrates

  Writing, Heart, Men

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• The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own Inner Self, the Divinity within you. Tap the source through looking within. Improve yourself. Build your character. Purify the heart. Develop the divine virtues. Eradicate evil traits. Conquer all that is base in you. Endeavor to attain all that is worthy and noble. Make the lower nature the servant of the higher through discipline, Tapas, self-restraint and meditation. This is the beginning of your freedom.

  Sivananda

  Character, Heart, Self

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• Instead of putting others down, try improving yourself instead. The only person you have a right to compete with is you. In the meantime, treat others how you'd like to be treated. One trait that some of the best (communicators) share is empathy. A couple of kind words can not only make a person's day, but earn you a friend and supporter for life. For the rest of the week, whenever you see someone you want to judge negatively, pay them a compliment instead. See what happens.

  Neil Strauss

  Couple, Judging, Empathy

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