Robin Sharma Quotes

I'm always trying to grow myself.

The goal in my life is to grow and become better than before.

The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.

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

Invest in yourself now and reap the dividends day after day after month after year.

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.

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous achievements, and we get joy. Life is nothing but a perpetual possibility.

The only real security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way.

It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power, and titles have nothing to do with that.

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.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life.

Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

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

It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.

Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step, even though it be by painful effort, by self-denial and sacrifice, ascend the whole length of the ladder of progress.

There is one further distinguishing characteristic of man which is very specific indeed and about which there can be no dispute, and that is the faculty of self-improvement - a faculty which, with the help of circumstance, progressively develops all our other faculties.

Some seekers will do anything for their Self-realisation - except work for it.

Excellence demands that you be better than yourself.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.

A man perfects himself by working.

We're trying to impress ourselves in a way. That's why we keep trying to do things better... we never get satisfied.

The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self, with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves recedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art.

For many many years, I've taught, not only leadership, but I've taught people that they need a personal growth plan. Growth is not an automatic process for you or me or anybody.