144 Improvement Quotes

Improvement is a constant journey that requires inspiration, reflection, and action. At times, the path to bettering ourselves can seem daunting, but words of wisdom from those who have walked similar paths can provide the motivation and clarity we need. In this collection, we've gathered the top 144 improvement quotes to ignite your passion for personal growth and self-development. Whether you’re seeking a boost in your professional life, personal relationships, or inner well-being, these quotes offer profound insights and encouragement to help you navigate your journey. Dive in and let these powerful words guide you toward a brighter, better you.

1. “We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve.” - Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

2. “No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.” - Tiger Woods

3. “Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling” - Tony DeLiso

4. “Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens” - Tony DeLiso

5. “I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.” - Craig Ferguson

6. “But to unite in a permanent religious institution which is not to be subject to doubt before the public even in the lifetime of one man, and thereby to make a period of time fruitless in the progress of mankind toward improvement, thus working to the disadvantage of posterity - that is absolutely forbidden. For himself (and only for a short time) a man may postpone enlightenment in what he ought to know, but to renounce it for posterity is to injure and trample on the rights of mankind.” - Immanuel Kant

7. “There’s always stuff to work on. You’re never there.” - Tiger Woods

8. “Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you'd like to act.” - Bob Dylan

9. “Never put off writing until you are better at it.” - Gary Henderson

10. “Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.” - Alexandra Ripley

11. “We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.” - Edward De Bono

12. “It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.” - COLSON WHITEHEAD

13. “Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. I want--I want--I want--was all that she could think about--but just what this real want was she did no know.” - Carson McCullers

14. “Tomorrow is another opportunity to improve yourself” - Scott A. Reighard

15. “I should learn from today and make tomorrow better.” - Toni Sorenson

16. “We are in God’s hands. We can’t come up with a surprise big enough or a sin vile enough to thwart His plan. If we allow Him to refine us we will inevitably end up free from the impurities that separate us from Him.” - Toni Sorenson

17. “If you’re any good at all, you know you can be better.” - Lindsay Buckingham

18. “The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord - it feels great - but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.” - Criss Jami

19. “It doesn't matter how wealthy you may be in material things, what matters is do you know what to do with those wealth?” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

20. “God is a God of purpose. He doesn't wake-up and start dabbling into things; He doesn't practice trial and error. His ways are sure, they may be low but they are always sure.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

21. “The Prince came to give life unto those whose lives were almost being snuffed out by the devil via the cares of this world.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

22. “Everyone that enters through Him is secured and the person shall find pastures for himself. Jesus really cares!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

23. “We cannot prevail by our own might or strength, we need to plug on to the source of our strength so that we will remain resourceful always.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

24. “When we are connected to the source, we will not be afraid of any task set before us.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

25. “Are you the fruit of redemption? If yes, then make a delightful noise unto Him.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

26. “You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear; you will reach your destination.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

27. “You don't need to go running from pillar to post looking for what God looks like.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

28. “So cheer up Beloved; for your God is able, He is the maker of all things.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

29. “He is the only option for better living.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

30. “God is not a thief. That which steals, kills and destroys is the devil - not God!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

31. “God comes down in the evenings to chat with man, enjoy man's company and find out how man faired in the course of the day.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

32. “Man is like a bride unto God. God is jealous when man veers away from Him.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

33. “God wants all man's attention, thoughts and focus to be on Him.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

34. “Your decision not to join the crowd may be what God is waiting for to grant you revelation on how to deliver your family, your country, business, profession or even your church!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

35. “God rewards every act of obedience to His Will.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

36. “Dare to be different. Represent your maker well and you will forever abide in the beautiful embrace of his loving arms.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

37. “Another way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

38. “The presence of God is so important in the life of believers. There is abundance of all you need to make your life comfortable in His presence.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

39. “If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.” - Criss Jami

40. “The presence of the Lord destroys a life of struggle. You will struggle until you encounter His presence.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

41. “God is never tired of bringing the sun out every morning, taking it in the evenings and bringing out the moon.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

42. “Worship is the marriage of two Spirits - the Spirit of God and the Spirit of man.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

43. “Your mouth is not given to you for feeding alone; it is given to you to programme events and circumstance around you.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

44. “You recreate your world to your taste with God's Word in your mouth.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

45. “Your words are powerful so what you say goes a long way to either establish or destroy you; this is why you should say things that God has said concerning you, not things that situations or circumstances say.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

46. “The choice is yours. Don't let your pronouncements destroy your destiny rather let them build your future up!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

47. “Don't say negative things about your spouse and children.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

48. “Create your world with God's Word in your mouth just say it and it will be accomplished!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

49. “Let your words glorify God and edify your hearers and then beautify your life.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

50. “Words are directed to your personalities namely; - God, your hearers, devil and yourself.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

51. “Weigh whatever you are about to say; what will it do to your hearer - encouragement, edification, disappointment or fear? What will it do to your life - glorify, edify, beautify or weigh you down? Speak well and things will go well.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

52. “Your status has changed. Your Name is changed! You are a new creation.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

53. “You are not permitted to suffer what others suffer, you are not permitted to fail or die young.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

54. “You are not permitted to live and die as a non-entity because you have encountered the greatness that is associated with Christ.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

55. “Don't let any situation intimidate you anymore, don't accept defeat anymore.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

56. “Don't call yourself discouraged anymore;it's no longer your name.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

57. “Be a King. Dare to be Different, dare to manifest your greatness.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

58. “Dominate in your domain; You can do it.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

59. “Don't die without fulfilling your purpose.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

60. “Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

61. “Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

62. “We're better off. But I don't know if the world's better off. I don't know if the two are the same thing.” - Rachel Cohn

63. “Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are senior managers scared of? Part of becoming a credible strategic thinker is learning effective approaches to selling ideas for your situation. You’ll know that you’re getting better at selling (or pitching) strategy when managers start coming to you when there is strategic thinking to be done.” - Max Mckeown

64. “Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.” - Alan J. Perlis

65. “The hero is the one who goes beyond his ability to improve his skills, until he becomes able to improve, and perhaps even alter, the skills of others.” - Muhammad Adb Al-Rahman Al-Arifi

66. “remember when God has answered you, it no longer matters who has been against you but for Him to answer you and change your story, you have to make up your mind to disobey the wrong order, change the status quo and BE DIFFERENT!” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

67. “You can change any status quo, stand out, walk by faith and not by sight and things will definitely go well with you.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

68. “Don't just float through life; don't just agree to anything and everything, have a course you are known for at all times.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

69. “That kind of inability to improve is really very rare. That kind of consistency is miraculous, in a way.” - zadie smith

70. “To make 2013 (or any other)your year, keep it simple:1) Count your blessings first2) Whatever you did last year, Do it better3) Go step by step, One day at a time.4) Create/make your own opportunities.5) Believe in your abilities at all times,6) Qutting is not an option. Keep Going.7) Finish what you started” - Pablo

71. “So winners, Hae-Joo proposed, are the real losers because they learn nothing? What, then, are losers? Winners?” - David Mitchell

72. “I have come to believe that our innate purpose is nothing more than to be the greatest version of ourselves. It is a process of refinement, improvement, and enhancement. When you are aligned with this process and living your purpose, you have the potential of creating something amazing.” - Steve Maraboli

73. “When our hopes for performance are not completely met, realistic optimism involves accepting what cannot now be changed, rather than condemning or second-guessing ourselves. Focusing on the successful aspects of performance (even when the success is modest) promotes positive affect, reduces self-doubt, and helps to maintain motivation (e.g., McFarland & Ross, 1982).... Nevertheless, realistic optimism does not include or imply expectations that things will improve on their own. Wishful thinking of this sort typically has no reliable supporting evidence. Instead, the opportunity-seeking component of realistic optimism motivates efforts to improve future performances on the basis of what has been learned from past performances.” - Sandra L. Schneider

74. “You know Americans...Self-improvement. No matter who or what we are, we're always working on ways to become somebody else.” - Alan Brown

75. “Professional learning does not advance… through the inexorable confirmation of previous certainties, but through a systematic challenge to our present conceptions” - Douglass B. Reeves

76. “An average man is egoistic, proud and has strong self esteem. They always require partners who massage their ego not those who will drag their ego to the mud.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

77. “Confidence thrills men for it means you won’t be fidgety or excessively jealous when the man is in the midst of people especially those of opposite sex.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

78. “A confident woman knows her worth and so doesn’t fret when her man is highly placed or is often found amidst other women in the course of his business or assignment.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

79. “A confident woman wears a smile and has this air of comfortability and pleasantness about her.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

80. “When a man finds this kind of woman, he will go all out for her knowing that she will not be a letdown.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

81. “Ladies, get confident bout yourselves, build up your self-worth and esteem, love yourself and be proud of your achievements and your man will adore you for life.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

82. “Courage is the ability to execute tasks and assignments without fear or intimidation.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

83. “Men love women who are courageous for it means they can go all the way with him in his pursuit of his good dreams and intentions.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

84. “An intelligent woman is a goldmine! She has the ability to learn, reason and understand things better and faster than her contemporaries. She is competent, alert and can reason out stuffs easily.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

85. “Patience is a virtue not a vice.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

86. “A woman that is patient has the ability to endure provocation, pain, annoyance etc, with much calm and strength.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

87. “A woman can tolerate delays knowing they are not denials; she is diligent, and composed. She is not easily irritated like love; she endures all things, beans all things and can be stretched to any limit.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

88. “A responsible woman is one who sees opportunities of service and responds to them quickly. In her dwells the ability to see and respond to opportunities.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

89. “Maturity of a woman is not in her age or size for age is just a number and size is figure.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

90. “A matured woman is therefore a responsible woman irrespective of her age, status and qualification.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

91. “A responsible woman sees and accepts only the best in a given situation.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

92. “A responsible woman guides, controls (albeit subtly), directs with superior knowledge that is higher than that of her contemporaries!” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

93. “A responsible woman doesn’t see opportunities and needs and look the other way pretending not to see them rather she gets to work to ensure things are done properly and her man succeeds in his endeavours.” - Agu, Jaachynma N.E.

94. “Ladies, get confident about yourselves, build up your self-worth and esteem, love yourself and be proud of your achievements and your man will adore you for life.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

95. “Education does not take place when you learn something you did not know before. Education is your ability to use what you have learned to be better today than you were yesterday.” - Iyanla Vanzant

96. “Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!” - Lorii Myers

97. “Change is inevitable, progress is not.” - Max Mckeown

98. “Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.” - Max Mckeown

99. “All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.” - Max Mckeown

100. “Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.” - Max Mckeown

101. “It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.” - Criss Jami

102. “If there was anything I learned from John the Baptist, it was that the sooner you confess a mistake, the quicker you can get on to making new and better mistakes.” - Christopher Moore

103. “Positive thinking is great, if you'll take action.” - Guy Harduf

104. “The road of life is paved with daily successes, a great number of them penny and nickle triumphs. Sadly, these little feats are often seen as worthless―even failures―because we dream of greater gain. Our greed keeps us focused on a gleaming pot of gold waiting at the end of some elusive rainbow. And, despairing a big loss, we fail to see the value in small achievements.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

105. “Options abound world over, Options to choose from and be the best.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

106. “God takes us through life`s journey. Always nudging our Spirits to go for plus and shun the minus.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

107. “Be positive at all times! Leave out the negatives.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

108. “There is a ladder to Success! Choose to climb it.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

109. “In your emotions: exercise Joy over sadness.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

110. “Ride higher in life unto the higher life.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

111. “Don`t descend to the lowest ebb.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

112. “Shout out for Joy! Don`t scream out in fear for victors shout and victims scream.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

113. “Don`t turn around in circles for making circles do not equate making progress.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

114. “Move forward for forward is progress but circles are movement.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

115. “Forget yesterday, Act on Today and Get a hold on tomorrow.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

116. “Life is beautiful if you take the best option.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

117. “It turns out horrendous when you choose the wrong options.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

118. “Decide to be rich! Hate poverty strong.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

119. “There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

120. “Sow good seeds for a good yield.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

121. “Choices, options, decisions abound. Choose right, take the best option and decide well.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

122. “You have been called to a life of blessing, don`t descend to that of curses.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

123. “Build up your faith while starving the fears.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

124. “Avoid conflicts, Embrace cordiality.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

125. “Relish what is good and expedient.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

126. “Eschew evil and it`s machinations.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

127. “Sow the right words! Think the good thought.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

128. “Have the best course for all your actions.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

129. “Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

130. “Don`t complain, Don`t compromise.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

131. “Always contend for the good!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

132. “Stand out tall amidst challenges! Dwarf all irrelevant voices.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

133. “Drown those degrading thoughts.” - Agu Jaachynma N E

134. “Shine forth your light before all beings.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

135. “Light is life and always wins.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

136. “Shun darkness and evil vices for they that embrace them wear off with time!” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

137. “Desire to give and not always receive.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

138. “The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

139. “Desire to impact lives! Change destinies and make dreams come true.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

140. “You are created with a mandate! You have all you need to fulfill it.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

141. “Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Responsibility: Great leaders greet their geniuses through their greatest power of choice, principle-based living and highest means of expressing their voice.” - Anyaele Sam Chiyson

142. “We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corporate madness.” - Bryant McGill

143. “When you begin to expect that there is always room for improvement, you put yourself in the driver’s seat. Why wait for someone else to figure it out or do it? Expect that you are the one. Expect great outcomes. Expect that you are the best candidate and that you will achieve your goals.” - Lorii Myers

144. “He hadn't meant to get so angry at Morgan. He didn't often get angry at other people. There was no sense in it. The person you were angry at was rarely ever repentant. Now, getting angry with yourself had some merit. It showed you had sense enough to chastise the one person who had any hope of benefiting from it. And he was plenty angry with himself. For many things.” - Sarah Addison Allen