754 Quotes About Self-development

A life of leisure never satisfies anyone who possesses a lively mind.

[E]very emotion represents self-interest (self-love modified) orself-evidence. Owning up to all of our self-representation and object-representation is to recognize the full nature of our identity.

You review the past to assess the present and then determine what actions are necessary to change your future. You take what you know and apply it to how you want to grow. Thus, the power of journaling.

The progress is in the process, and your success is in consistent, intentional practice.

Remember that you have the knowledge, tools, skills, and, if you’ve made it this far, the will to work and live with purposeful productivity. Know that your progress is in your process and that success lies in consistent and intentional practice. And believe that “should” is nowhere near as powerful as need or want.

The darkest moments expose our most true form.

You were someone special before you met them. And you will continue being one even after they've left you.

Our lives are cycles. We only break the cycle through changing our perspectives, or by meeting with death.

The road to self-improvement does not begin with the realization of other people’s scorn. Personal salvation commences with the determined excavation and displacement of a crusty layer of self-denial, which defense mechanism camouflaged my intensifying sense of self-repugnance for how I acted in this earthly life.