personal advancement Quotes

Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for his subject and for inquiry, he is encouraged to study for the sake of his personal career; he is led to acquire only such knowledge as is serviceable in getting him over the hurdles which he must clear for the sake of his advancement.

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.

One who advances his name, destroys his name. One who does not increase, diminishes.

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

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

It's people seeking more for themselves that has produced a better life for all Americans.

Your life only gets better when you get better, and you can improve yourself without limit. Learn something new every day.

The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.

Your wealth can only grow to the extent that you do!

Were man to devote as much time and energy to himself as he has devoted to that which man has produced, what astounding and unbelievable progress would be made; a progress eclipsing all he has so far successfully accomplished.

Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem.

I define success by personal growth; if you don’t continue to grow, you can’t continue to succeed.

It is certain that success naturally confirms in us a favourable opinion of our own abilities. Scarce any man is willing to allot to accident, friendship, and a thousand causes, which concur in every event without human contrivance or interposition, the part which they may justly claim in his advancement. We rate ourselves by our fortune rather than our virtues, and exorbitant claims are quickly produced by imaginary merit.

I don't believe in competing, because there's room for everyone. You have to compete with yourself, because your duty to grow as a human being and keeping your humility is much more important than your music career. You can get money, women, travels, but all that's an illusion.

The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is always achieving and advancing whilst his neighbors, spending most of their time in relearning what they once knew but have forgotten, simply hold their own.

If you grew up in a lower-income community, or less well-off, the belief is that the way to change that circumstance is through education.

In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can this person advance my standing? In the hierarchy, the artist looks up and looks down. The one place he can't look is that place he must: within.

I'm in favor of personal growth as long as it doesn't include malignant tumors.

Men cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in he early geological states of the world. They must be dealt with as units; for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectively secured.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition

There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.

Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.