self-improvement Quotes

To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner actually ourselves to become good.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

The soul becomes prudent by sitting and being quiet.

Good character traits come from regular practice. We become fair by doing fair things, moderate by doing moderate things, and brave by doing brave things.

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

In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are of a certain kind; for the resulting character varies as they vary. It makes no... ...

Even though I only have a high-school degree, I'm a professional student.

Your customers get better when you do.

Actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed.

"Whatever you are, be a good one."

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?

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... ...