Colin Wilson Quotes

Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

My competition is with my growth to where I want to see myself.

Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.

The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

The most important person on this earth is you. What are you doing to help the most important person in this world: you? To live right, you have to exercise, have goals and challenges.

If you have nothing to do, look at yourself and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve. It may make you wealthy, although it is more likely it will make you happy.

Instead of wanting to be better than other people, let's channel that energy to be better than we were yesterday and then again to be the best we can be tomorrow.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'

I always want to grow and top myself.

I'm not a great believer in self-help.

I think you should always push yourself to want to grow and learn more and be inspired and develop.

I'm never content. I'm always searching, looking for things to better myself.

I'll never get complacent. I am my own toughest critic.

I can't really stand self-help stuff myself.

All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.

There's a paradox with self-improvement, and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you no longer feel the need to improve yourself.

I don't feel like congratulating myself, because I know there's still a lot of room for improvement.

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

To help others develop, start with yourself.

the process of building a self and its works is always too slow. One is always in arrears to oneself.