Self Improvement Quotes

Master thyself, seek to know thy soul.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The habit of upgrading your mind with self-development messages is highly important, if you desire to reach the pinnacle of your true destiny in life.

~ Hafiz

I thought you might appreciate this.....“Excerpt from my lecture Sunday February 22, 2015 at Soul-Esteem Center10 Commandments - God knew when he gave us choice some would make the wrong choices, but God wanted his creation, man, to have free will and felt later it necessary to write the 10 Commandants as a reminder of how God wanted his creations to perform. The 10 Commandants contain 5 positives and five negatives”― I. Alan Appt, The Strength in Knowingtags: motivational, philosophy, psychology, self-helpPeace to all,Alan Appt

~ I. Alan Appt

Never invest in any kind of relationship with anyone who is not willing to work on themselves just a little every day. A person who takes no interest in any form of self-improvement, personal development or spiritual growth will also not be inclined to make much of an effort building a truly meaningful connection with you. A relationship with only one partner willing to do the work ceases to be a relationship. And as anyone who has been there will tell you - it's pointless to try and dance the tango solo.

~ Anthon St. Maarten

Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness.

~ Shannon L. Alder

We all must deal with our shadows the best we can. No one can conquer them for us.

~ Anna Lee Huber

When our thoughts, at times, wander into darkness... remember we are human and have been imbued with free will to choose the light.

~ Christopher Earle

Budgeting has only one rule: Do not go over budget.

~ Leslie Tayne

The biggest gift to oneself is affording yourself a chance to learn.

~ Unarine Ramaru

Discovering passion and purpose requires figuring out what works and what doesn't. Mature, successful people establish their on rules. These rules are measured by only one standard: do they work?

~ Robert A. Glover

Life is not something that happens to us, Life happens through us.

~ Donald L. Hicks

The major events in our lives receive the entire spotlight, but ultimately your life will be defined by the same handful of choices you make each day.

~ Chris Matakas

Life is a never ending journey of reaching out of our comfort zone. We can always reach new levels.

~ Matthew Donnelly

We are meant to do the work of angels for we are often disguised from ourSelves.

~ Paresh Shah

The man that wars and judges others is eternally lost. The man that wars and judges himself is eternally found.

~ Jason Versey

The man that wars with and judges others is eternally lost. The man that wars with and judges himself is eternally found.

~ Jason Versey

Belief is the essential ingredient for success, thus if you believe, you can achieve, for real you will achieve.

~ Auliq Ice

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

~ Chris Matakas

When we repay unkindness with unkindness, we perpetuate the cycle of negativity within which our world is embroiled. We have the right and responsibility to choose differently.

~ Christopher Earle

Each person has to face this challenge – you must search inside yourself. The props – surroundings, interactions, rituals, customs and superstitions – are just palliatives. You have to achieve your balance on your own; it has to come from the self. Once you get there, you can afford the luxury of lavishing your life with the pleasures of your drifting journey.

~ Andre Averbug

There is an undeniable truth that as one progresses further in his understanding of a craft the rest of his life progresses along with it. This symbiotic relationship between all things is experienced on a daily basis, but rarely articulated through conscious thought.

~ Chris Matakas

My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.

~ Chris Matakas

I know that I’ve never been perfect. I think we determine what’s perfect to us. I think we understand perfect doesn’t come perfectly. If I was to be bare face or a face full of make up. I won’t be perfect until I determine what I see as perfect enough.

~ T.taylor

As an instructor, my goal has always been to use Jiu Jitsu as a vehicle to help our students achieve their goals, whatever the case may be. I have yet to find a better vehicle for growth, and the moment I do I will certainly pursue it with the rivaled fervor that I approached Jiu Jitsu.

~ Chris Matakas

I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one’s own limitations.

~ Chris Matakas

I am a better son, brother, friend, and teacher because of the daily sacrifice and effort I put toward my craft. WIth all the advantages modern society has created, it has left us wanting. We no longer need to struggle to survive. Our basic needs are now met with minimal physical strife or mental challenge. Technology and the advances of man have left us over-stressed and under-performing. We are now forced to actively pursue our struggles. If we do not go out of our way to stretch our comfort zones and grow, no one nor nature will do it for us.

~ Chris Matakas

The only way to consistently perform at your potential is to ask: Am I better than I was yesterday?

~ Chris Matakas

Devoting yourself to a particular art is invaluable. The art becomes our vehicle with which we drive down the road of life. We use this vehicle to learn about ourselves and this place, to conquer fears, to become more of what we already are. In my own life, I have found most valuable the transferable skills of learning from jiu jitsu to all other facets of day to day study. In devoting myself with such commitment to this art, in undertaking the task of understanding jiu jitsu to whatever degree by circumstance allows, I have unknowingly learned how to learn.

~ Chris Matakas

The Mirror Prayer I see you man in the mirror. I see you and raise you. I will be better today than you were yesterday, and tomorrow you will be better than I was today.

~ Dimitri Zaik

He embraced his weirdness, and it was nice.

~ Amy Zhang

What is it we are questing for? It is the fulfillment of that which is potential in each of us. Questing for it is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself. There is nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way you will find, live, become a realization of your own personal myth.

~ Joseph Campbell

The hardest thing to do in the world is overcome the mind but it just so happens that it's also the most rewarding.

~ Matthew Donnelly

In order to fight off fear we must become it. When we become one with fear we become one with opposite of fear, peace. They are two halves to the same object.

~ Matthew Donnelly

Those are who are selfish are rewarded for being nice. Those who truly care about others feel a smile in return is all the reward they need.

~ Craig Mercier

Situations and Circumstances do not make us unless we let them. Our thoughts and feelings are the music of our soul.

~ Matthew Donnelly

To me, the smarter you are, the more you want to learn - Ernie Accorsi

~ Pat Williams

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

~ Augustine Of Hippo

The day you subscribe to being loved by everyone is the day you stop growing.

~ Mr Imbuya

It's not the end of the road, it's just the end of the road work.

~ Mary-Ellen Peters

Until is a very important word. It means that you will never give up.

~ Jim Rohn