Self Improvement Quotes

“What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits on the human capacity for intelligence, imagination and wonder.” ~ Ronald Reagan

“One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you— suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, “Well, I’ll have a go, too.” ~ Margaret Thatcher

“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did now know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.” ~ Italo Calvino

“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” ~ Frank Herbert

“I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” ~ Lillian Smith

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” ~ Seneca

“Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” ~ Walter Anderson

“To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.” ~ Dalai Lama

“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” ~ Dalai Lama

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“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” ~ Socrates

“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” ~ Maya Angelou