I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.
Henry David Thoreau
Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Mark Twain
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first.
Benjamin Franklin
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.
Abraham Maslow
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
William James
We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.
Edward Gibbon
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Rabbi Abraham Heschel
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