Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature… is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim -- improve yourself.

It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.

He who stops being better stops being good.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.

The never-ending task of self improvement.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.

He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp.

Commit to CANI! -- Constant And Never-ending Improvement

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.