self-improvement Quotes

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.

I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.

I'm always disappointed when people don't live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.