Discover the power of transformation and get ready to embrace change and growth with these better yourself quotes that will inspire you to reach your fullest potential. Inspirational better yourself quotes help you unleash the best version of yourself and find the motivation you need to push through life’s challenges. These powerful better yourself quotes will uplift your spirits and make you feel unstoppable! Start your journey to self-discovery today!
Best Better Yourself Quotes
The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself. B. R. Haydon
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway
What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow Our life is the creation of our mind. Buddha
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside. Wayne Dyer
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you. Tom Hopkins
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. C.S. Lewis
We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness. Maxwell Maltz
Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. Ivan Turgenev
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. Albert Einstein
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul. Wayne Dyer
No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. Madonna
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. Louise Hay
Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, What else could this mean? Shannon L. Alder
Self improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. Maxwell Maltz
What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements. Anais Nin
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. Paulo Coelho
If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don’t work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again! Sarah Dessen
No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. Madonna
Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. Socrates
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. Confucius
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. Alan Watts
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. Carl R. Rogers
Improvement starts within you and is dependent on your own efforts. So, make the effort. Remez Sasson
I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. Confucius
One of the best times for figuring out who you are what you really want out of life? Right after a break up. Mandy Hale
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. Aldous Huxley
It only takes one person to change your life you. Ruth Casey
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway
We must become the change we want to see. Mahatma Gandhi
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Rohn
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius
Let us cultivate our garden. Voltaire
Who is a true seeker grows, learns and discovers that he is the only one responsible for what happens. Jorge Bucay
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet. Jane Austen
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ would take the slums out of people, and then they would take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature. Ezra Taft Benson
If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself? Miguel Ruiz
Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, I did it before, so I can do it again. Idowu Koyenikan
Any idea, plan or purpose can be put into my mind through repetition in thought. Napoleon Hill
The mind is just like a muscle the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand. Idowu Koyenikan
Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, What else could this mean? Shannon L. Alder
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so. Dale Carnegie
There is only one corner of the universe that you can be sure of improving and it is yourself. Aldous Huxley
How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day. Anne Frank
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. Anne Lamott
Do your best, and be a little better than you are. Gordon B. Hinckley
Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive. Matt Cameron
We first make our habits, then our habits make us. John Dryden
The mind is just like a muscle the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand. Idowu Koyenikan
All we are not stares back at what we are. W.H. Auden
Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end. Robin Sharma
If a tree’s strength is judged while it is still a seed, it is mistaken as weak. Idowu Koyenikan
Personal development is a major time saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals. Brian Tracy
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Marcus Aurelius
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again. Abraham Maslow
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Alexis Carrel
People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Rob Siltanen
A lot of things are inherent in life change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds but these events don’t have to be the cause of ongoing suffering. Yes, these events cause grief and sadness, but grief and sadness pass, like everything else, and are replaced with other experiences. The ego, however, clings to negative thoughts and feelings and, as a result, magnifies, intensifies, and sustains those emotions while the ego overlooks the subtle feelings of joy, gratitude, excitement, adventure, love, and peace that come from Essence. If we dwelt on these positive states as much as we generally dwell on our negative thoughts and painful emotions, our lives would be transformed. Gina Lake
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Will Durant
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. Confucius
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, Where’s the self help section? She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. Steven Wright
You do not fail in life, you only produce results, and you have the right to learn and grow from any results that you produce. Wayne Dyer
You willed yourself to where you are today, so will yourself out of it. Stephen Richards
Absorb What Is Useful, Discard What Is Not, Add What Is Uniquely Your Own. Bruce Lee
Dare to dream! If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true, your mind would not have the capacity to conjure such ideas in the first place. There is no limitation on what you can potentially achieve, except for the limitation you choose to impose on your own imagination. What you believe to be possible will always come to pass to the extent that you deem it possible. It really is as simple as that. Anthon St. Maarten
Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth. John C. Maxwell
Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work. Michael Jordan
Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self actualization. Bo Bennett
You only grow when you are alone. Paul Newman
Be the change you want to see in the world. Gandhi
What is it that inspires you? What do you love to do? What would you do for free? At the beginning of my busi-ness career, my why was to become a millionaire, not a good why! And why not? Because that is an aspiration rather than a why. Aspirations, I have found, won’t fuel me when the going gets tough. But a true why will. Richard Polak
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway
If the great internet connects us all then why are so many of us becoming increasingly isolated? Stephen Richards
Become addicted to constant and never ending self improvement. Anthony J D Angelo
She would be a new person, she vowed. They said no matter how far a mule travels it can never come back a horse, but she would show them all. Junot Díaz
The best investment you can make is in yourself. Warren Buffet
I promise you that the same stuff galaxies are made of, you are. The same energy that swings planets around stars makes electrons dance in your heart. It is in you, outside you, you are it. It is beautiful. Trust in this. And you your life will be grand. Kamal Ravikant
You are essentially who you create yourself to be, and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making. Stephen Richards
Never surrender your hopes and dreams to the fateful limitations others have placed on their own lives. The vision of your true destiny does not reside within the blinkered outlook of the naysayers and the doom prophets. Judge not by their words, but accept advice based on the evidence of actual results. Do not be surprised should you find a complete absence of anything mystical or miraculous in the manifested reality of those who are so eager to advise you. Friends and family who suffer the lack of abundance, joy, love, fulfillment and prosperity in their own lives really have no business imposing their self limiting beliefs on your reality experience. Anthon St. Maarten
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. Bill Gates
There will be times in your life that you will be challenged to choose between honor and something else. I am asking that you not sacrifice your honor for the sake of acquiring easy things. Idowu Koyenikan
Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. Michelle Obama
Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. You don’t stand a chance. You can fight and pray and hope you have the strength to swim, but sometimes, you have to let yourself sink. Because you’ll never know true happiness until someone or something pulls you back out of that river and you’ll never believe it until you realize it was you, yourself who saved you. Alysha Speer
Choose people who lift you up. Michelle Obama
Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction. Germany Kent
We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness. Hillary Clinton
Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try. Jess C. Scott
Fail to plan, plan to fail. Hillary Clinton
We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day. Richard G. Scott
The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world. Alicia Keys
Never allow your mind to wander untamed like a wild animal that exists on the basis of survival of the fittest. Tame your mind with consistent focus on your goals and desires. Stephen Richards
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Grateful souls focus on the happiness and abundance present in their lives and this in turn attracts more abundance and joy towards them. Stephen Richards
Accept responsibility for your own life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Les Brown
Try giving up all the thoughts that make you feel bad, or even just some of them, and see how doing that changes your life. You don’t need negative thoughts. All they have ever given you was a false self that suffers. They are all lies. Gina Lake
Goals help you channel your energy into action. Les Brown
You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be. Maxwell Maltz
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. Les Brown
It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked. Shannon L. Alder
Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent’s good will. Dale Carnegie
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness Deborah Day
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up. Anne Lamott
Focus on what you are and what you can rather than what others aren’t can’t. You have to win; they don’t necessarily have to lose for you! Alok Mishra
You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations. Stevie Wonder
Manifesting is a lot like making a cake. The things needed are supplied by you, the mixing is done by your mind and the baking is done in the oven of the universe. Stephen Richards
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato
Often it’s not we who shape words, but the words we use that shape us. Nina George
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. Marie Curie
An authentic and genuine life grows like a sturdy tree. And like a tree, it grows slowly. Every time you make a different and better decision, it grows a little. Every time you choose to do the right thing, even when nobody would find out otherwise, it grows a little. Every time you act with compassion, relinquish your right to strike back, take a courageous stand, admit fault or accept responsibility, it grows a little. Steve Goodier
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington
Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby
The never ending task of self improvement. Ralph Waldo Emerson