Self-Optimization Quotes

We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.

You must want to be first-class ...meaning the best, the very best you are capable of becoming. If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life. You will be evading your own capacities, your own possibilities.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Let each man do his best.

I believe in doing what I am best at.

As long as I'm efficient, I'm just going to try to be the most efficient player I can be.

We have to make ourselves as perfect as we can.

If you keep a healthy state of mind, you give yourself a great chance to bring out the best in yourself.

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that "good enough" is very different from "best.

I just need to find the best version of myself. Find improvements to what I've already got, rather than trying to remodel my game.

Whatever I'm capable of, I need to be the best I can.

I think, as you grow older, you have figure out the best way to utilize not only your body but your skill.

I'm not maximized yet.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

People optimize locally - that is, they do what's best for themselves.

I want to get to the end and feel that I've done all I could, given the limitations and given the opportunities.

It's about being the very best you can be. Nothing else matters as long as you're working and striving to be your best. Always compete. It's truly that simple. Find the way to do your best. Compete in everything you do.

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

I'm 5-foot-9, 180 pounds. I don't have much else to work with, so I just try to use my bat speed and get the most out of what I've got.

More and more I believe in the fact that you have two hands and two legs, and the thing is how to make good use of yourself - and that's about it.

I did nothing that I might not have done better.

It's not enough to just be yourself. You must be your best self

Some men are more perfect than others.

Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty, how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.

A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.