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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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"If you want to be among the few who rule the world, you, therefore, must learn to convert every time of your life, every second and minute that passes by. The target of life and the idea of life is that every time must be converted into something."
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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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"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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"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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"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."
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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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"Your self-image tells about what you think about yourself and how you appear to yourself in your own consciousness. Self-image is the picture of yourself carried in your own mind. That picture can scare you or inspire you!"
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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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"Those who have made it to the top have only done so through hard work and time conversion."
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"Your inability to do what you are noted for doing is a critical step to wading off your past glories of excellence!"
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"Find out your talents and gifting and invest your whole time into perfecting them and becoming the best of yourself."
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"We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may."
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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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"One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project."
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"We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot."
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"Maybe you're holding on too tight, and the magic comes in letting go."
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"Those that are too refined to be simple need to be refined again."
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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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"Daily reading is vital for own self development."
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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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"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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"Most of the great men who converted their time to products although late are still making more impact in the world today than a greater percentage of people who are still alive."
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"Be yourself, be who you can be."
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"Be yourself, free being."
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"Change isn't easy. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think, means changing what you believe about life. That's hard."
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"Habits are a way of life and often define our lives. Habitually miserable? You'll see misery in most circumstances. Habitually joyful? You'll see joy in most situations. My goal is to choose habits that empower me and break those that wear me down."
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"Life reality tells us that to grow physically, you first need to grow inwardly."
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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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"Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself."
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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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"If you want to change the world, first change yourself."
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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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"When your life is out of balance your cheque bounces."
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"Never become proud within yourself when you are seen as the one to cause that great effect. Never become timid if you know you can while others dare to prove otherwise! Mind your business and make the strike."
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"No matter what situations you experience in life, think about them as you draw conclusions about what the situations means for you."
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"Once you have produced your best self, then you will be able to produce new seeds and fruits after your kind."
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"The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present."
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"Give that your one life your best input so that it could yield the best output in the form of products that will impact your world positively."
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"There is no difference between the person who wishes he can change his bad character and did not and the person who never wished for it. Wishes alone don't change the world!"
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"He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it."
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"Concerning mistakes, follow three simple rules. Firstly, correct a mistake that you made whenever it is possible. Secondly, don't repeat the same mistakes. Thirdly, learn from past mistakes."
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"If you are best at something, then you are surely worst at something else. You cannot be best at everything. So, the point is to be atleast good at as many things as needed, and you will find content within yourself."
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"What you repeatedly do carries the clay to mold you into who you eventually become. Don't despise any tiny minute of the day, each counts so much!"
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"Your everyday actions will define you and your virtue."
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"It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors."
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"Perfectionism at its core isn't about having high standards. It's about fear."
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"Create the best of yourself, become your best self."
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