Self Improvement
Steve Brown – Anything worth doing …
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.
~ Steve Brown
William Makepeace Thackeray – The world is a looking glass …
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
Paul Coffey – Nobody’s a natural …
Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work hard to get better.
~ Paul Coffey
William Faulkner – Do not bother …
Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
~ William Faulkner
Tyron Edwards – Right actions for the future …
Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
~ Tyron Edwards
John Dewey – The good man …
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
~ John Dewey
Eugene Delacroix – Artists who seek perfection …
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
~ Eugene Delacroix
Solomon Schechter – You cannot be anything …
You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.
~ Solomon Schechter
Oliver Goldsmith Quotes At QuotesNSayings
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Socrates – Let him who would move …
Let him who would move the world, first move himself.
~ Socrates
Oliver Wendell Holmes – The greatest thing in the world …
The greatest thing in the world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ann Landers – Know yourself …
Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
~ Ann Landers
Ernest Hemingway – There is nothing noble …
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Aldous Huxley – I wanted to change the world …
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
~ Aldous Huxley
