Self-improvement Quotes

"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."

- Mortimer J. Adler

"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."

- Anon

"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."

- Archer

"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."

- Roronoa Zoro

"The best investment you can make is in yourself."

- Warren Buffett

"Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself."

- Denis Waitley

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

- James A. Froude

"I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle. I make mistakes but learn from every one."

- Tupac Shakur

"You cannot change what you are, only what you do."

- Philip Pullman

""You can never be the best. The only thing you can be the best at is developing yourself.""

- Natalie Portman

"The mirror is a tool for self-reflection and self-improvement."

- Marcus Aurelius

"The wise musicians are those who play what they can master."

- Duke Ellington

"Through discipline comes freedom."

- Aristotle

"And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good."

- John Steinbeck

"I would say what others have said: It gets better. One day, you’ll find your tribe. You just have to trust that people are out there waiting to love you and celebrate you for who you are. In the meantime, the reality is you might have to be your own tribe. You might have to be your own best friend. That’s not something they’re going to teach you in school. So start the work of loving yourself."

- Wentworth Miller

"Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful."

- Jim Carrey

""You are not lost. You are here. Stop abandoning yourself. Stop repeating this myth about love and success that will land in your lap or evade you forever. Build a humble, flawed life from the rubble, and cherish that.""

- Heather Havrilesky

"Let go of your mistakes and failures. You can’t do anything about the past, but you can do something about right now."

- Joel Osteen

"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"

"Like the dragonfly, your true colors shine in the sunlight of growth"

"Shed your doubts like a dragonfly sheds its exoskeleton"

"The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday."

"Stop beating yourself up. You are a work in progress, which means you get there a little at a time, not all at once."

"Guilt is toxic. Reliving the same mistake over and over again is torture. Constantly criticising and blaming yourself is bullying. Break free of this cycle. Reflect. Learn. Grow. Love yourself. Forgive yourself."

"Dear you, make peace with the mirror and watch your reflection change."

"If you’re searching for that one person that will change your life, look in the mirror."

"Even though I believe I’ve made choices that have hurt myself and others that are unforgivable, I now realize, claim, and embody that these choices were exactly what my soul had deemed as perfect for me to come home as the next highest and most divine version of myself."

"Value what you do and add value by what you do."

- Unknown

"Within each one of us is a reservoir of peace and wisdom. Within us we have everything we need to navigate life and motherhood."

"A goal is what we want the end result to be. An intention is the way of being on our journey to get there."