Self-Improvement Quotes

Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.

Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.

Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Things do not change; we change.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

Make each day your masterpiece.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Becoming is better than being.

Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.

You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.

Discipline equals freedom.

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

The best investment you can make is in yourself.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Strive for progress, not perfection.

Old ways won't open new doors.

Be stronger than your excuses.