self-improvement Quotes

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that 'a quiet conscience makes one strong!'

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness and inertia, and all those things, I think we can transcend all that and set things straight.

I've done some analysis of the biblical stories as part of my psychological work. I knew that I had more to do, and every time I've done it, it's been extremely valuable. It makes me a better teacher because I have a richer understanding of cultural history.

To master a new technology, you have to play with it.

Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth... That's the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.