“Men cannot improve society by setting fire to it. They must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.”
--Russell Kirk
Showing posts with label Improve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Improve. Show all posts
Better Yourself
“Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
--William Faulkner
--William Faulkner
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Improve Your Performance
“Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time.”
--Malcolm X
--Malcolm X
Drip, Drip, Drip
“To improve oneself you must be as persistent as the drip, drip, drip of water filling a bucket. Do a little bit, every day.”
--Jeffrey Fry
--Jeffrey Fry
A Poor Copy
“People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.”
--Oliver Goldsmith
--Oliver Goldsmith
Good Things
“Most of the good things civilization has achieved are the result of somebody's seeing, in his mind's eye, how to do something better, or make something better.”
--Cason J.Callaway
--Cason J.Callaway
Find Talented People
“I find my chances for success improve when I associate with a few talented people as opposed to a plethora of mediocre ones.”
--Jeffrey Fry
--Jeffrey Fry
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Good Advice
“Good advice is not intended to make you feel better, but to make you better.”
--Seth Godin
--Seth Godin
World Improvement
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
--Anne Frank
--Anne Frank
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Time Like Dimonds
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them, and their value will never be known. Improve them, and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Education's Value
“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”
--Jim Rohn
--Jim Rohn
A Must Win
“We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.”
--Edward Gibbon
--Edward Gibbon
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