Self-improvement Quotes

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."

- Socrates

"Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be your best. Perfection is not about healthy achievement and growth."

- Brené Brown

"Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis."

- Brené Brown

"Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?""

- Brené Brown

"Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together."

- Brené Brown

"Authenticity is not something we have or don’t have. It’s a practice—a conscious choice of how we want to live."

- Brené Brown

"Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day."

- Brené Brown

"Authenticity demands Wholehearted living and loving—even when it’s hard, even when we’re wrestling with the shame and fear of not being good enough, and especially when the joy is so intense that we’re afraid to let ourselves feel it."

- Brené Brown

"Authenticity is not a set of criteria or a posture. It is a personal choice that we have to find our own way to."

- Brené Brown

"Accept yourself: flaws, quirks, talents, secret thoughts, all of it, and experience true liberation."

- Amy Leigh Mercree

"He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself. And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded. But only seeking the countenance of his Lord, Most High."

- Quran

"You are not obligated to be thin, healthy, or perfect. You are obligated to be yourself."

- Lindy West

"We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love."

- Lori Deschene

"You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself."

- Geneen Roth

"One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body."

- Gabourey Sidibe

"I wish I could tell my younger self that she was always more than a body. She always had more to offer the world than weight loss and flat abs. So much more."

- Megan Jayne Crabbe

"You need to be able to create a relationship with your body. Stop thinking about how other people will judge you, or other peoples opinion and find self-love first."

- Harnaam Kaur

"In owning the parts of me that I so badly wanted to ignore and hide, I’ve dismantled the shame I’ve held for years, and began building self acceptance for myself in its place."

- Lenea Sims

"You don’t have to fully love yourself. You just have to have that little thread of “I’m doing this for me”."

- Chelsea Charlotte

"You can’t possibly expect to win without the discipline of finishing strong."

- Gary Ryan Blair

"One of my biggest Achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there's hope for everyone."

- Kanye West

"I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me."

- Saint Patrick

"I See Now That The Circumstances Of One's Birth Are Irrelevant. It Is What You Do With The Gift Of Life That Determines Who You Are."

- Mewtwo

"Your mouth will get you into more trouble than anything else in this world. Always be fighting with the power of God to tame it."

- Thomas Griffin

"Be humble / kind / silly / honest / strong"

"Solitude is the gateway to self-actualization."

"Self-love is the greatest revolution."

"My curves tell a story of self-love and acceptance."

"Life is too short to spend it hating your body. Love yourself as you are."

"Loving yourself is the greatest revolution."