George Carlin Quotes

I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?

To help others develop, start with yourself.

Why is it that for many persons changing others is so exciting and so relevant, while changing oneself is so boring and irrelevant?

One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

Sometimes I amaze even myself.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves.

I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person.

I've grown a lot, and I'm learning every week.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.

Women need to think about where they've been, where they are, where they're going, and how they're going to get there.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

Ultimately, I want people to be inspired to go on their own journey of self-discovery.

I just want to figure out me and grow within myself.

Everyone is on a journey to realize their best selves and their realest selves, and I think that's what creates that community.

Each year I have grown and learned new things.

My transformation represents more than what is just skin deep; it represents my motivation, drive, and willingness to constantly improve.

I went through a phase in my 20s when I was overdosing on self-help books, so it was really refreshing to read 'The Alchemist' because it was a novel, but it still had the same wisdom, wasn't patronising and didn't tell you how you should live your life.