#improvement

We are not of what we feel or believe to do, we are of what we do or fail to do. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#self #self-improvement #nature

Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they also share one other defining attribute. They have a lot of hobbies. ↗

— Steven Johnson

#hobbies #innovation #self-improvement #nature

Our shortcomings drive us, motivate us – to work harder or realize another purpose/talent. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#motivational #success-self-improvement #work-ethic #motivational

It sounds like a lot when you summarize it, but I don't do all of it every day. If you want to know the truth, most days I feel like I'm miserably behind and only doing about half of what I should be doing. But when you look back you can see that you're building something. I think people who say 'Don't look back' are crazy. I wouldn't survive if I weren't looking back and patting myself on the back all the time for making it this far. ↗

— Charity Shumway

#self-awareness #self-improvement #self-motivation #success #success-self-improvement

If you talked to your friends the way you talk to your body, you’d have no friends left at all. ↗

— Marcia Hutchinson

#motivational #self-esteem #self-help #self-improvement #motivational

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

#depression-quotes #endure #happiness #life #recovery

Taking care of yourself is one of the hardest jobs -- don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. It's much easier to take care of others. ↗

— Charity Shumway

#self-improvement #self-respect #respect

Do your best, and be a little better than you are. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#self-improvement #striving #excellence

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place. ↗

— Criss Jami

#athletes #athletics #competition #confidence #improvement

My mentor used to say that no one can make us feel badly about ourselves unless we allow it. He lectured me endlessly that the biggest offenders to shrink our self-worth weren't others, but ourselves. ↗

— Veronica Blade

#self-improvement #thought-provoking #wise-words #thought-provoking