Self Improvement Quotes

Remez Sasson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:22:03 +0000

Here is a collection of quotes on self improvement from various sources. You can find many more inspiring quotes relating to self improvement and spiritual growth at the inspiring quotes page.

To benefit from the quotes on self improvement posted on this page, and from any other quotes, read each quote several times and meditate on it for a few moments to understand it deeply, and then think how you can use its wisdom in your life.

Self Imrovement Quotes

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

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
Buddha

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
Wayne Dyer

Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Marcus Aurelius

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.
Tom Hopkins

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
Maxwell Maltz

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
Ivan Turgenev

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
James Allen

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.
Wayne Dyer

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
Louise Hay

Self improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.
Maxwell Maltz

It only takes one person to change your life – you.
Ruth Casey

Self Improvement – What Do You Improve?

Remez Sasson — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:06:57 +0000

The term self improvement is a bit misleading and is sometimes erroneously interrupted. What do you really improve? You don’t improve your “self” and you don’t improve your “spirit”. You learn to develop certain skills that can help you go through life. You learn to look at things from a different, broader viewpoint, and you learn to forego limiting thoughts and habits.

You don’t improve something that does not exist in you. You improve and develop some skills that are already in you, but are weak, in a dormant state, or negatively expressed.

Self improvement is actually not “Improving yourself”, so much as changing your point of view, changing the way you look at yourself and the world, and strengthening and developing certain skills.

Self improvement is about developing:

Stronger willpower.
Better self discipline.
Better concentration.
Some degree of emotional and mental detachment.
More patience.
More tolerance.
Getting rid of negative or weakening habits and developing new ones.
Learning to think more positively.
Learning to be more kind and loving.

This is a partial list of the aims of self improvement.

Improvement requires work

The important point to remember is that everything worthwhile in life needs some effort and time to gain. There is no instant improvement or development of any skill. There are books and programs that promise immediate success, and there are many who buy them, thinking that these books or programs will immediately change their life. People expect and look for some kind of a miracle to change their life instantly, and often get disappointed when this does not happen.

There are many you buy books, but never read them. Some start practicing a certain technique or program and then stop after a short while. In order to get results from self improvement books, programs and techniques you need to practice day after day. You have to study, work and train yourself the same way if you wanted to be a doctor, a pilot, an engineer or an Olympic athlete. This is something most people won’t do, because they consider it too much work.

Some might ask, “Will my life improve, if I practice some “self improvement” techniques?” Anything you do to develop positive habits and skills will help you handle your life and circumstances in a better and more successful way.

Sometimes, when people finally decide to be more practical then just reading a book and expecting miracles, they find that there are obstacles on their path, and if they don’t posses enough inner strength, they might drop the whole idea.

When starting anything new, one often becomes more aware of problems and obstacles. They are not new. They were there all the time, but because you want to make changes you become more aware of them. Don’t let them daunt your spirit. If you continue, they will get weaker in time, and you will be able to ignore them and overcome them.

Will Power and Self Discipline

Develop your inner strength, willpower and self discipline, with simple, but powerful exercises you can practice at any time and place. Willpower and self discipline are two of the primary pillars of strength that lead to success in any area of life. They endow their possessor with inner stamina, perseverance, patience and courage.

To take advantage of the techniques in this book, you need to practice the exercises, not just read them. Most of the exercises do not require any special times to set apart for them, neither require any special conditions. You can practice them at home, at work, and anywhere else.
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