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Self-improvement Quotes
"You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity."
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"Never compare your beginning to someone else's middle."
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"She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achievers, even experts in their fields, women can't seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are- impostors with limited skills or abilities."
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"When your life is out of balance your cheque bounces."
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"You're unstoppable not because you're stronger than your challenges/competitors. It's because you're consistent. You won't quit easily!!!"
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"I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way."
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"New thinking doesn't mean shuffling your old thoughts around; it means getting rid of the old and implementing the new. That way your, "I can't" become "I can!" and "I did!"
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"We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them."
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"I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores."
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"Stand up for yourself by not standing yourself up."
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"From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were; I have not seenAs others saw; I could not bringMy passions from a common spring.From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow; I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone;And all I loved, I loved alone.Then- in my childhood, in the dawnOf a most stormy life- was drawnFrom every depth of good and illThe mystery which binds me still:From the torrent, or the fountain,From the red cliff of the mountain,From the sun that round me rolledIn its autumn tint of gold,From the lightning in the skyAs it passed me flying by,From the thunder and the storm,And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of Heaven was blue)Of a demon in my view."
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"In a world where things are moving so fast, don't get lost in the midst of it all. Figure out what's more important to you and proceed with confidence. I know it gets a bit hectic at times and almost seems impossible. But, you can get there, even if you must pause along the way. Just don't come to a complete stop."
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"If you want to work on your acting, work on yourself."
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"I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day."
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"Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself."
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"Perfectionism at its core isn't about having high standards. It's about fear."
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"If you sit there and have that mentality of 'triple down on what you're good at,' you're never going to grow."
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"Influencing is just not about listening and speaking, it's the game of interpretation."
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"Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement."
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"Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt."
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"It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors."
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"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."
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"If you don't act out of 'Inspiration', 'Desperation' will make you act!"
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"I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional, and it is all personal."
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"No man is free until he s a master of himself!!"
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"Patience takes away lots of stress, regrets, & sleepless nights knowing that all is well at the end of the day if we just wait a little bit."
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"I'm a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth."
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"We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot."
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"You have already manifested what you know. What you have known thus far could only take you this far. If you're not happy and satisfied where you are in life, your career, and business, go to the next level. Unfortunately, you cannot go to the next height without discovering what you haven't known."
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"Focus on progress, not perfection, and you'll move forward."
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"Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance."
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"Maybe you're holding on too tight, and the magic comes in letting go."
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"There must not be any single person in the world whom you should allow to rent a portion of your heart. Don't hold grudge. Forgive and move on..."
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"Don t let egos get in the way to ruin your day. If someone holds their inflated ego, blow it away!"
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"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."
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"If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack."
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"Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time."
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"I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple."
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"Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done."
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"There's a tunnel between our external skill sets and our deepest longings and passions. People with the highest developed skills always know how to traverse that tunnel. That is, personal integration and wholeness - and consequent accomplishment and fulfillment - are largely about "enlightening the tool with the best we have in us. The tool could be anything - a voice or body, a musical instrument or paint brush, a trowel or computer. But skill is made up of capability, and that requires practiced familiarity over time with how to inject into the moment our unique talents, virtues and qualities."
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"So if it seems like you're doing something different from what everyone else is doing, and if sometimes that feels hard, this is a good thing, not a bad thing."
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"If you can't remember when you last basked in your own glow, it means you're overdue."
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"I am a Saturn who dreams of being a Mercury, and everything I write reflects these two impulses."
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"Trust is always a risk, but when placed in the right people after a trial period where they prove themselves worthy of it, it is a reward transcendent of all the emotional mire that bogs down a person's potential."
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"I need to let him go."
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"If you're ignoring a high percentage of the elements of your entire being, and the range of qualities they can naturally engage, there will be no real recovery or progress until you do. The typical relentless worker is just as lazy as the typical indulgent idler; they're both just going through the habitual motions. To break the repetitive pattern, and discover more energy and effectiveness, one simply must stretch out in all directions, rotating focus and application of the qualities that make up one's natural versatility."
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"Generate great impressions. This is a direct result of setting higher standards for yourself in your speech, dress, living environment, grooming, etiquette, study, research and commitment."
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"There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly."
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