Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.

Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example before teaching by word. For he who teaches himself and rectifies his own ways is more deserving of respect and reverence than he who would teach others and rectify their ways.

I think personal growth has much to do with acting ability.

I want to improve as a football player, but even more importantly, I really want to improve as a person.

My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

Habits change into character.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

It's my job to try and be as good a person as I can, and that's enough work for me.

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

I know I haven't always done things the right way. I'm just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, a better artist.

I try to be conscious of others, put my best foot forward and show growth. I just try to be my best self - and I think that is the most important thing.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are deciding whom you want to become, being willing to rehearse until you become that person, and forgiving yourself until you do.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.

I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve.

It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.