self-improvement Quotes

I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all.

You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don't try to hide them. Instead, develop something else.

Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.

That way you can be certain to learn something you didn't know previously.

One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk... ...

Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.

If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?

I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.