43 Quotes About Being Better

Finding the best version of yourself is what is needed to show true competence and emotional intelligence. These quotes about being better demonstrate the constant work towards self improvement and mastery in all areas of life.

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”

“Courage is grace under pressure.”

“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

“Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.”

“Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.”

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

“Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

“He that respects himself is safe from others.”

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”

“If you try, you risk failure. If you don’t, you ensure it.”

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”

“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

“Lost time is never found again.”

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.”

“Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.”

“Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.”

“Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.”

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”

“Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.”

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”

“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”

“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”

“We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents, and interests.”

“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.”

“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”

“When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next objective.”

“When I had challenges, it taught me to be more on top of it for the future. Things go wrong all the time when you’re running your own business, but it’s how you perceive it and deal with it that matters.”

“You can never plan the future by the past.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

There are many ways to improve your life. Finding a way to have a better conversation can change the complete landscape for any scenario.