It was, in part, a longing - common enough among the inventors of heroes - to be someone else; to be more than the result of two hundred regimens and scenarios and self-improvement campaigns that always ran afoul of his perennial inability to locate an actual self to be improved
Quotes about self-improvement (12 Quotes)
Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.
Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.
I guess one of the big things is that it is a unique opportunity and you never know if you'll have another one down the road. One of the things I tell my players, and I include myself in that, is the process of striving for self-improvement. I look at this as a great opportunity for professional development.
Humans should engage in such actions that help in self-improvement by enhancing qualities like radiance, courage, energy, strength and divinity.
The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.
The only perfect love to be found on earth is not sexual love, which is riddled with hostility and insecurity, but the wordless commitment of families, which takes as its model mother-love. This is not to say that fathers have no place, for father-love, with its driving for self-improvement and discipline, is also essential to survival, but that uncorrected father-love, father-love as it were practiced by both parents, is a way to annihilation.
So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic.
Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. Since fight club, I can wiggle half the teeth in my jaw. Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer. Tyler never knew his father. Maybe self-destruction was the answer.
The didgeridoo is designed to instantly focus on self-improvement. It immediately clears the mind of 'monkey chatter' so that the thought planted in calm will take root. The Aborigines use it for enlightenment and elevating consciousness.
I feel that the progress I have made as a coach, as well as a person, is a direct result of the growth that I have made through my Church callings. I had the opportunity to serve as a bishop in a campus ward while I was still an assistant coach. When I was appointed head football coach in 1972, I decided to approach my role as a coach much the same as I did as a bishop, delegating responsibility to my assistants, putting responsibility on the players for self-improvement in all aspects of their lives, and using personal interviews with players to try to give positive reinforcement and encouragement so that they might do their very best and reach their full potential, both on and off the field.