"27 Quotes About Self Improvement"


quote by Thomas Merton

"The biggest temptation is to settle for too little."
Thomas Merton


"Everyone is talented, special and has something to say."
Brenda Ueland --- Submitted by Jacquie Currie --- Victoria, Australia


"The first step to success is failure and the longest journey begins with the single first step. No one can defeat you except yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jasmine Tiwari --- New Delhi, India


"Do what you believe in and believe in what you do!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ayu Zahrina Azz --- Malaysia




"We are not measured by the success we have achieved, through our earnest efforts to reach our goals, but rather how we reached success and what we made out of it. Success is but a reward but will be considered as waste if success consumes us, makes us greedy, or makes us selfish. For we can only value the worth of what we have by sharing, passing on and continuing the good deeds through the people who surround us. Let success and the achievements you have earned be an inspiration to other people while keeping intact A HUMBLE HEART."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by James Padilla --- Philippines
Quotes, words of wisdom and how people call it are not mere words, as considered by many, especially when it is sent via text message (sms) in the Philippines. We are called the texting capital of the world. We may be a third world country but I believe we are priceless/valued in the eyes of the LORD for we have greatly appreciated the value of living, even in the harshest conditions. The smiles, the hospitality and the bayanihan (a communal spirit that makes seemingly impossible feats possible through the power of unity and cooperation) are but our treasures which money will never ever take away from us.


"Your today will become your past, tomorrow. So live your today to the fullest, so you do not have to regret your yesterday."
Written in 2005 by M. A. --- Quebec, Canada
Last night, I was writing in my journal. After a very long time, I started writing about how difficult it is for me to let go of the past since I'm constantly clinging to it and to it's people. There's a great deal of my past that I regret and so while I was writing, this thought came to me and it's slowly changing me.


"If you spend all your life laughing and joking you will have no time for a serious illness."
Copyright © 2005 Michael Levy


"Happiness is not a result of life's circumstances. Happiness is a positive reaction to life's circumstances."
Copyright © 2001 Carl Hankins


"I have discovered that I have a lot to be humble about!"
Copyright © 2005 Tom Kotowski


"If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children one of the greatest of all blessings."
Brian Tracy


"If I control my destiny, maybe one day I can give this world the best of me."
Jeremy Jewell --- Submitted by Michelle G. --- Pennsylvania


"Small and Big are relative terms. For true happiness and contentment, always compare yourself with the small."
Copyright © 2005 Manjit Flora


"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger."
Bill Bradley


We should all be like a flock of birds
All together as one
If one goes down you all go down together
No one bird in front and no one bird in the back
Because they are a family/team/friends
Who always stick together
Written in 2005 by David A. --- Massachusetts
I wrote this poem while at the gas station and observed a flock of birds flying around, together as one, and it inspired me.


"Nothing changes in your life unless you start changing yourself; from being negative to positive!"
Copyright © 2004 Zainol Abideen
I firmly believe that no one will come change things for us, in our life, if we ourselves don't start changing from within.


"Don't waste time thinking about what others think about you because you will have little time left to think of what you think about yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jerome Nkambule --- Malawi


"Remember there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Muzna A. --- Karachi, Pakistan


"Spend your time trying to find who you truly are. Once you do that, spend the rest of your time showing the world who you are."
Written in 2005 by Erin M. --- Massachusetts


"He who searches for the meaning of Life, finds not something, but SOMEONE."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie Feliciano --- Philippines
Found this long time ago, but found it to be true.


"To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy - this is success!"
Sasha Azevedo --- Submitted by Jonathan R. --- Ontario, Canada


"The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself."
George Bernard Shaw


"Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it."
Henry Emerson Fosdick


"We are not remembered by our wealth or the gifts we buy, but simply by the hearts and minds of the people we have touched with our kindness."
Copyright © 2005 Anne Hanlon


"An ounce of heart is worth more than a pound of muscle."
Copyright © 2004 Trevor Stienburg
Saint Mary's University Hockey Coach


"Exercise integrity in the moment of truth."
Stephen Covey


"A man's success is not measure by the money he has, but by the numbers of lives he affects positively."
Copyright © 2005 Felix Oloyede


"Any thought kept in the mind on a continuing basis MUST be brought to reality."
Norman Peterson --- Submitted by Steven Barbara --- Switzerland
This quote is very important because so many people don't realize that so often having negative thoughts will cause negative events to materialize in their lives.


"To get to one's success, there are many roads. Start constructing the road of yourself, today."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shiro Nakabayashi --- Georgia
I just thought about it. See if someone can agree with me.