Henry Rollins Quotes

I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection.

Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.

I wish people used wishes to modify themselves instead of others. Wish to be low maintenance. Wish to be autonomous, even.

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 have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

I don't know that you can put a label on growth. I'm just me.

Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?

Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.

Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.

You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.

I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.

The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be

You have sole custody of your life. Who you are today is not who you have to be tomorrow. Embrace the possibility of transformation.

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.

Why don't we just expand ourselves into our perfect form, our perfect being?

I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.