James Baldwin Quotes

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.

All of us want to be better. Human nature is always seeking advancement.

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

I'm actually improving.

I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me.

You can always become better.

I do think it's possible to change for the better.

I'm learning all the time. I'm evolving all the time as a human being. I'm getting better, I hope, in all of the important ways.

Myself, I always tell people that if you're not getting better you're only getting worse, and every day I try and be better than yesterday.

I want to keep bettering myself.

I definitely think I'm better just for the simple fact that I feel like each and every day I can get better.

You can always get better. The day you stop getting better is the day you shouldn't be living. Gotta constantly improve and continue to grow within yourself.

I compete only with myself, and I try to become a better human being. This is my goal.

I've always been a person who thinks it's really important to better themselves.

I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.

Improvement begins with I.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.

Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.

You have to find a way to improve yourself.

I'm definitely not satisfied and I always want to do better and learn more and get better.

You're always looking where you could do better.