self-improvement Quotes

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.