“Change yourself and your fortune will change with you.” -Author Unknown
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“How do we become true and good, happy and genuine, joyful and free? Only by getting in touch with good, true, happy, genuine human beings, only by seeking the company of the strong and the free, only by catching spontaneity and freedom from those who are themselves spontaneous and free.” -Charles Malike (1906 - 1988)
“If you improve 1 percent a day, then in 100 days, guess what? You’re 100 percent better.” -Kenny Ray Carter (also known as Coach Carter (born 1959)) at https://coachcarter.com/
“Improvement begins with I.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1998))
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” -Carl Rogers (Carl Ransom Rogers (1902 - 1987))
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“Ignore the ones who say it’s too late to start over. Disregard those who say you’ll never amount to anything. Turn a deaf ear to those who say you aren’t smart enough, fast enough, tall enough, or big enough - ignore them.” -Max Lucado (born 1955)
“Identify and develop your unique talents and abilities, the things that make you special.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com/
“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.” -D. L. Moody (Dwight Lyman Moody (1837 - 1899))
“The better person you become, the better people you will attract.” -Author Unknown
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“None will improve your lot if you yourself do not.” -Bertolt Brecht (Eugen Berthold Friedrich ‘Bertolt’ Brecht (1898 - 1956)) (1933)
“For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn’t look like the person he or she most wants to become.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” -Author Unknown
“Be the kind of person you want to meet.” -Author Unknown
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“You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person.” -Scott Sorrell
“Do not think of your faults; still less of others’ faults: in every person who comes near you, look for what is good and strong: honour that; rejoice in it; and, as you can, try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Ethics of the Dust” (1875), Lecture V: Crystal Virtues, section 57
“Commit yourself to constant self-improvement.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
“Let’s build a better you . . . we will need some glue, pop-sickle sticks, pipe cleaners, glitter, crayons, yarn, construction paper . . . what, you say you are not made out of any of those things?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“There’s only one corner of the Universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your own self . . . You have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you’ve worked on your own corner.” -Aldous Huxley (Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963)): “Time Must Have a Stop” (1944)
“To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
“Every day is a day you can be a better person than you were yesterday.” -Author Unknown
“In the long term the most important question . . . is not what you are but what you are becoming.” -Gary Hamel
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“No man is capable of self-improvement if he sees no other model but himself.” -Conrado I. Generoso (Conrado Isabedra ‘Ding’ Generoso (born 1960))
“Think of what others ought to be like, then start being like that yourself.” -Author Unknown
“If you are still searching for that one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.” -Author Unknown
“Everyone planning to make something worthwhile out of himself must be a self-remade man, and should be an intelligent remodeling job going on all the time.” -Sterling W. Sill (Sterling Welling Sill (1903 - 1994))
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“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” -Jean-Paul Sartre (Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (1905 - 1980))
“Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)
“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” -George W. Crane (George Washington Crane III (1901 - 1995))
“Build upon strengths, and weaknesses will gradually take care of themselves.” -Joyce C. Lock
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“What we shall be, we are becoming.” -Author Unknown
“How can there be self-help ‘groups’?” -Author Unknown
“People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.” -Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774)
“Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you’re doing it wrong.” -James Leo Herlihy (1927 - 1993)
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“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“Seeing ourselves as we want to be is a key to personal growth. To successfully bring about change in our lives we need to implement a system of change that is built upon three assumptions. First Assumption: We change our lives by changing the attitudes of our minds. Second Assumption: We become what we think about all day long. Third Assumption: Our mind is naturally goal seeking. Please remember these assumptions. Our mind is always trying to accomplish something. We have a powerful machine wanting to achieve goals. It will set the goals that we allow it to.” -Hyrum W. Smith
“In that worthiest of all struggles, the struggle for self-mastery and goodness, we are far less patient with ourselves than God is with us.” -J. G. Holland (Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881))
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” -Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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“How do we become true and good, happy and genuine, joyful and free? Only by getting in touch with good, true, happy, genuine human beings, only by seeking the company of the strong and the free, only by catching spontaneity and freedom from those who are themselves spontaneous and free.” -Charles Malike (1906 - 1988)
“If you improve 1 percent a day, then in 100 days, guess what? You’re 100 percent better.” -Kenny Ray Carter (also known as Coach Carter (born 1959)) at https://coachcarter.com/
“Improvement begins with I.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1998))
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” -Carl Rogers (Carl Ransom Rogers (1902 - 1987))
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“Ignore the ones who say it’s too late to start over. Disregard those who say you’ll never amount to anything. Turn a deaf ear to those who say you aren’t smart enough, fast enough, tall enough, or big enough - ignore them.” -Max Lucado (born 1955)
“Identify and develop your unique talents and abilities, the things that make you special.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com/
“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.” -D. L. Moody (Dwight Lyman Moody (1837 - 1899))
“The better person you become, the better people you will attract.” -Author Unknown
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“None will improve your lot if you yourself do not.” -Bertolt Brecht (Eugen Berthold Friedrich ‘Bertolt’ Brecht (1898 - 1956)) (1933)
“For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn’t look like the person he or she most wants to become.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” -Author Unknown
“Be the kind of person you want to meet.” -Author Unknown
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“You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person.” -Scott Sorrell
“Do not think of your faults; still less of others’ faults: in every person who comes near you, look for what is good and strong: honour that; rejoice in it; and, as you can, try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Ethics of the Dust” (1875), Lecture V: Crystal Virtues, section 57
“Commit yourself to constant self-improvement.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
“Let’s build a better you . . . we will need some glue, pop-sickle sticks, pipe cleaners, glitter, crayons, yarn, construction paper . . . what, you say you are not made out of any of those things?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“There’s only one corner of the Universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your own self . . . You have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you’ve worked on your own corner.” -Aldous Huxley (Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963)): “Time Must Have a Stop” (1944)
“To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
“Every day is a day you can be a better person than you were yesterday.” -Author Unknown
“In the long term the most important question . . . is not what you are but what you are becoming.” -Gary Hamel
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“No man is capable of self-improvement if he sees no other model but himself.” -Conrado I. Generoso (Conrado Isabedra ‘Ding’ Generoso (born 1960))
“Think of what others ought to be like, then start being like that yourself.” -Author Unknown
“If you are still searching for that one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.” -Author Unknown
“Everyone planning to make something worthwhile out of himself must be a self-remade man, and should be an intelligent remodeling job going on all the time.” -Sterling W. Sill (Sterling Welling Sill (1903 - 1994))
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“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” -Jean-Paul Sartre (Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (1905 - 1980))
“Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)
“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” -George W. Crane (George Washington Crane III (1901 - 1995))
“Build upon strengths, and weaknesses will gradually take care of themselves.” -Joyce C. Lock
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“What we shall be, we are becoming.” -Author Unknown
“How can there be self-help ‘groups’?” -Author Unknown
“People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.” -Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774)
“Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you’re doing it wrong.” -James Leo Herlihy (1927 - 1993)
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“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“Seeing ourselves as we want to be is a key to personal growth. To successfully bring about change in our lives we need to implement a system of change that is built upon three assumptions. First Assumption: We change our lives by changing the attitudes of our minds. Second Assumption: We become what we think about all day long. Third Assumption: Our mind is naturally goal seeking. Please remember these assumptions. Our mind is always trying to accomplish something. We have a powerful machine wanting to achieve goals. It will set the goals that we allow it to.” -Hyrum W. Smith
“In that worthiest of all struggles, the struggle for self-mastery and goodness, we are far less patient with ourselves than God is with us.” -J. G. Holland (Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881))
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” -Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
“A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement.” -Marvin J. Ashton (Marvin Jeremy Ashton (1915 - 1994))
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“Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from Heaven one has to help oneself.” -Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896 - 1995)
“Chiefly the mould of a man’s fortune is in his own hands.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Fortune’
“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” -Julius Charles Hare (1795 - 1855)
“It doesn’t happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time.” -Margery Williams (Margery Williams Bianco (1881 - 1944)): “The Velveteen Rabbit” (1922)
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“It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.” -Jackie Stewart (John Young ‘Jackie’ Stewart (born 1939))
“Help thyself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them.” -Alan Watts (Alan Wilson Watts (1915 - 1973))
“If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.” -Dan Millman (born 1946)
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“The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.” -Martina Navratilova (born 1956)
“That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along.” -Lisa Alther (born 1944)
September of each year is Self-Improvement Month. Why wait - let’s get started now!
“The simple part is, every thought we think and every word we speak is creating our future. If you change your thinking, you can change your life.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
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“Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.” -Author Unknown
“There is no shame in having fallen. Nor any shame in being born into a lowly estate. There is only shame in not struggling to rise. And also shame for not wishing to attain the better. Or not dreaming about it and praying for it.” -Samuel Amalu
“Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))
“It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.” -James Mackintosh (1765 - 1832): as attributed in “The True Briton” (7 July 1853) magazine
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“The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 517
“Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
“Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.” -Mademoiselle Du Deffand (Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand (1697 - 1780))
“Try a little harder to be a little better.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
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“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.” -James Freeman Clarke (1810 - 1888)
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” -Judy Garland (Frances Gumm (1922 - 1969)): as quoted in “The Reader’s Digest” (1998)
“If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the ‘as if’ technique.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“You don’t get better by chance; you get better by change.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in Kit Summers and Robert Schwarz: “Juggling with Finesse” (1987), page 19
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“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 156
“You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.” -David Viscott (David Steven Viscott (1938 - 1996))
“The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, ‘If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.’ Now I say, ‘I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.’” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“I went to a bookstore today and asked the manager where the self-help section was. She said, ‘If I told you, that would defeat the whole purpose.’” -Brian Kiley (born 1962)
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“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek. Be the patience you seek. Be the tolerance you seek. Be the compassion you seek.” -Bryant McGill (born 1969)
“The Bible is the best self-help book - if you haven’t read it you should take a look. It is full of life stories that we all can see that life is, at times, not so easy.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927): “Take A Look”
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))
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“It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.” -Queen Christina of Sweden (born Kristina Augusta Wasa, known later as Christina Alexandra (1626 - 1689))
“I am that which must ever surpass itself.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“If you want to attract happy, positive things . . . become a happy, positive person! Work from the inside out!” -Mandy Hale (born 1978)
“You are more likely to be successful at attempting to be better than yourself than to be better than someone else.” -Author Unknown
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“I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.” -John Newton (1725 - 1807)
“Your life will never improve unless you start making daily improvements.” -Lewis Howes (Lewis David Howes (born 1983))
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“Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.” -William J. H. Boetcker (William John Henry Boetcker (1873 - 1962))
“There are times when a man should be content with what he has, but never with what he is.” -William George Jordan (1864 - 1928): “The Majesty of Calmness: Individual Problems and Possibilities” (1900)
“To be always intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it; this is as if a man should put off eating, and drinking, and sleeping, from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed.” -John Tillotson (1630 - 1694): as attributed in “The Ladies’ Companion; or, Peoples’ Annual” (August 1842)
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“I have come to discover through earnest personal experience and dedicated learning that ultimately the greatest help is self-help; that there is no other help but self-help - doing one’s best, dedicating one’s self wholeheartedly to a given task, which happens to have no end but is an ongoing process.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan (1940 - 1973)): “The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee” (1996), page 133
“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. True nobility comes from being superior to your previous self.” -Author Unknown: Hindustani proverb: as quoted in George Derby, compiler: “A Conspectus of American Biography” (1906), page 726
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“When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts.” -John Wooden (John Robert Wooden (1910 - 2010))
“Be the best version of you.” -Author Unknown
We are MFOL! . . . and just like you, we’re always improving . . .
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“Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from Heaven one has to help oneself.” -Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896 - 1995)
“Chiefly the mould of a man’s fortune is in his own hands.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Fortune’
“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” -Julius Charles Hare (1795 - 1855)
“It doesn’t happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time.” -Margery Williams (Margery Williams Bianco (1881 - 1944)): “The Velveteen Rabbit” (1922)
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“It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.” -Jackie Stewart (John Young ‘Jackie’ Stewart (born 1939))
“Help thyself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them.” -Alan Watts (Alan Wilson Watts (1915 - 1973))
“If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.” -Dan Millman (born 1946)
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“The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.” -Martina Navratilova (born 1956)
“That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along.” -Lisa Alther (born 1944)
September of each year is Self-Improvement Month. Why wait - let’s get started now!
“The simple part is, every thought we think and every word we speak is creating our future. If you change your thinking, you can change your life.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
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“Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.” -Author Unknown
“There is no shame in having fallen. Nor any shame in being born into a lowly estate. There is only shame in not struggling to rise. And also shame for not wishing to attain the better. Or not dreaming about it and praying for it.” -Samuel Amalu
“Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))
“It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.” -James Mackintosh (1765 - 1832): as attributed in “The True Briton” (7 July 1853) magazine
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“The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 517
“Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
“Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.” -Mademoiselle Du Deffand (Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand (1697 - 1780))
“Try a little harder to be a little better.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
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“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.” -James Freeman Clarke (1810 - 1888)
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” -Judy Garland (Frances Gumm (1922 - 1969)): as quoted in “The Reader’s Digest” (1998)
“If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the ‘as if’ technique.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“You don’t get better by chance; you get better by change.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in Kit Summers and Robert Schwarz: “Juggling with Finesse” (1987), page 19
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“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 156
“You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.” -David Viscott (David Steven Viscott (1938 - 1996))
“The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, ‘If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.’ Now I say, ‘I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.’” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“I went to a bookstore today and asked the manager where the self-help section was. She said, ‘If I told you, that would defeat the whole purpose.’” -Brian Kiley (born 1962)
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“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek. Be the patience you seek. Be the tolerance you seek. Be the compassion you seek.” -Bryant McGill (born 1969)
“The Bible is the best self-help book - if you haven’t read it you should take a look. It is full of life stories that we all can see that life is, at times, not so easy.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927): “Take A Look”
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))
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“It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.” -Queen Christina of Sweden (born Kristina Augusta Wasa, known later as Christina Alexandra (1626 - 1689))
“I am that which must ever surpass itself.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“If you want to attract happy, positive things . . . become a happy, positive person! Work from the inside out!” -Mandy Hale (born 1978)
“You are more likely to be successful at attempting to be better than yourself than to be better than someone else.” -Author Unknown
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“I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.” -John Newton (1725 - 1807)
“Your life will never improve unless you start making daily improvements.” -Lewis Howes (Lewis David Howes (born 1983))
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“Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.” -William J. H. Boetcker (William John Henry Boetcker (1873 - 1962))
“There are times when a man should be content with what he has, but never with what he is.” -William George Jordan (1864 - 1928): “The Majesty of Calmness: Individual Problems and Possibilities” (1900)
“To be always intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it; this is as if a man should put off eating, and drinking, and sleeping, from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed.” -John Tillotson (1630 - 1694): as attributed in “The Ladies’ Companion; or, Peoples’ Annual” (August 1842)
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“I have come to discover through earnest personal experience and dedicated learning that ultimately the greatest help is self-help; that there is no other help but self-help - doing one’s best, dedicating one’s self wholeheartedly to a given task, which happens to have no end but is an ongoing process.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan (1940 - 1973)): “The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee” (1996), page 133
“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. True nobility comes from being superior to your previous self.” -Author Unknown: Hindustani proverb: as quoted in George Derby, compiler: “A Conspectus of American Biography” (1906), page 726
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“When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts.” -John Wooden (John Robert Wooden (1910 - 2010))
“Be the best version of you.” -Author Unknown
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