Improvement Quotes - Page 6

We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.

We are far, far stronger than our pain

... in a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.

We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corporate madness.

Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. I want-I want-I want-was all that she could think about-but just what this real want was she did no know.

Conformity to the present is invisibility to the future.

Never in mankind’s history have we so fundamentally changed our means of existence with so little thought.

Small steps may appear unimpressive, but don't be deceived. They are the means by which perspectives are subtly altered, mountains are gradually scaled, and lives are drastically changed.

Don't just DO something. Stand there! (and get perspective and understanding)

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens.

Evolution is more about adaptivity than adaptability.

Improvement is always on the schedule for tomorrow. Change is always taking place some time in the future. It’s human nature.

Improving your life doesn’t have to be about changing everything – it’s about making changes that count.

Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.

All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.

Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.

Change is inevitable, progress is not.

Professional learning does not advance… through the inexorable confirmation of previous certainties, but through a systematic challenge to our present conceptions

We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most ambitious goals and reach our fullest potential.

Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes.