Personal growth is the process of improving yourself over time. It consists of developing new skills, improving your attitude and actions, and it can have a dramatic effect on your over all well-being and outlook on life. In short, bettering yourself is one of the easiest ways to better your life. So, to inspire you to dig deep and put in the time and effort to change your life for the better, we’ve rounded up these handful of quotes about bettering yourself.
Use them to remind yourself how important it is to change yourself before you can change your life. That said, if you’re ready to be inspired, let’s dive right into these quotes:
BEST QUOTES ON BETTERING YOURSELF
1. “The time is now. Stop hitting the snooze button on your life.” – Mel Robbins
2. “Every morning, we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better.” – Alan Bonner
3. “Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” – William Faulkner
4. “There’s always room for improvement.” – Joey Logano
5. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
6. “Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.” – Marcus Aurelius
7. “By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.” – Benjamin Franklin
8. “Be yourself, but always your better self.” – Karl G. Maeser
9. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
10. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho
11. “I’m a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it’s about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth.” – Jack Canfield
12. “Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.” – Bruce Lee
13. “The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” – William James
14. “No matter where you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’re from, you can always become a better version of yourself.” – Madonna
15. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John C. Maxwell
16. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been.” – T.D. Jakes
17. “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. “The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.” – Simon Sinek
19. “You’ve got to have rule to live by, and one of mine is always say yes. Put yourself in danger of something amazing happening to you.” – Tom Bilyeu
20. “Always be a work in progress.” – Emily Lillian
21. “Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
22. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway
23. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
24. “You’re either green and growing or you’re ripe and rotting.” – John Addison
25. “We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.” – Max DePree
26. “Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy, strength and peace. By right choice, and true application of thought, man ascends to divine perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast.” – William James
27. “If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself.” – Joel Osteen
28. “No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that’s the exciting part.” – Tiger Woods
29. “If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.” – Stephen R. Covey
30. “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.” – Joe Paterno
31. “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Huxley
32. “Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.” – Nelson Mandela
33. “The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.” – Robin Sharma
34. “We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Oprah Winfrey
35. “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” – Rick Warren
FINAL THOUGHTS
Great job making it to the end of these quotes on bettering yourself. We hope they inspire you to reach for your best in all that you do.
Till you reach your aims,
STRIVE
PS – If you enjoyed these quotes on bettering yourself, then you may also enjoy these self-growth quotes or even these quotes on progress and growth.
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