#improvement

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#growth #self-improvement #change

Time debt is as big a problem as financial debt. ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#debt #self-improvement #time-investment #life

The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of improvement." [Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech] ↗

— John Steinbeck

#exposure #failures #faults #improvement #writers

Education does not take place when you learn something you did not know before. Education is your ability to use what you have learned to be better today than you were yesterday. ↗

— Iyanla Vanzant

#growth #improvement #education

Take time to improve your knowledge and skills so that you can put a premium on yourself. You don't have to be content in being simply a good doer if you can also become a great teacher. ↗

— Jan Mckingley Hilado

#personal-development #self-education #self-improvement #skills #value

I recommend that you focus on both substance and process of your goals. I believe that both are equally important: by setting a high-quality SMART goal you will enable yourself to be conscious and your actions will carry more meaning; meanwhile, it is the execution of the SMART goals strategy that separates achievers from the rest of the people. ↗

— Anna Stevens

#goal-setting #goals #process #smart-goals #substance

The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness. ↗

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

#goal #self-improvement #ultimate #writing #forgiveness

When you aren't satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom of creativity. The freedom is in that it doesn't need to complain. ↗

— Criss Jami

#betterment #complain #complained #complainee #complainer

Positive belief in yourself will give you the energy needed to conquer the world and this belief is the power behind all creation. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money #motivational #new-age

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#inspirational #self-improvement #inspirational