There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.Robert Quillen
Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that you can make out of what you are. The very best.Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.Ray Bradbury
I just use every experience I go through as a learning experience so I can better myself and get in position on what I want to do.Redman
Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.Virat Kohli
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.Denis Waitley
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.Barack Obama
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.William Butler Yeats
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.Confucius
A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.Oliver Goldsmith
Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.Samuel Gompers
I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.Ken Venturi
It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.Marcus Aurelius
Regardless of your age you should make it a rule to learn something new each day and do something each day to improve yourself physically.Dale Carnegie
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.Ernest Hemingway