Quotes about Self-improvement

it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. It's inside-out.

So the place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our Circle of Influence, our own character.

They will find people who will meet their wants and teach these things; and for a short time, skills and techniques may appear to work. They may eliminate some of the cosmetic or acute problems through social aspirin and Band-Aids. But the underlying chronic condition remains, and eventually new acute symptoms will appear. The more people are into quick fixes and focus on the acute problems and pain, the more that very approach contributes to the underlying chronic condition.

We share in the spirit embodied in the Alcoholics Anonymous prayer, "Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept the things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference.

I just can't seem to keep a promise I make to myself.

Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it—immediately. Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be.

Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits.

We are responsible for our own effectiveness, for our own happiness, and ultimately, I would say, for most of our circumstances.

And if I do this, day after day my behavior will change. Instead of living out of the scripts given to me by my own parents or by society or by genetics or my environment, I will be living out of the script I have written from my own self-selected value system.

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.