Top 200 Self-Improvement Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “God has entrusted me with myself.”

— Epictetus

152. “Our essential nature is one of pure potentiality.”

— Deepak Chopra

153. “You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

154. “I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”

— Steve Jobs

155. “In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.”

— Stephen R. Covey

156. “See things the way they are, not worse than they are.”

— Tony Robbins

157. “If you don’t like how things are, change it. You are not a tree. ”

— Jim Rohn

158. “Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.”

— C. S. Lewis

159. “The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

160. “You either control your mind or it controls you.”

— Napoleon Hill

161. “What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.”

— Immanuel Kant

162. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

— Walt Disney

163. “I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.”

— Baltasar Gracián

164. “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

— Napoleon Hill

165. “The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”

— Napoleon Hill

166. “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.”

— Robin S. Sharma

167. “Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”

— Tony Robbins

168. “You will never ever be successful, until you turn your pain into greatness, until you allow your pain to push you from where you are to push you to where you need to be. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize, a part of your product. I challenge you to push yourself.”

— Eric Thomas

169. “Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.”

— John C. Maxwell

170. “The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”

— Napoleon Hill

171. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

— Dale Carnegie

172. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

— Neale Donald Walsch

173. “If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.”

— Deepak Chopra

174. “The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.”

— Charlie Munger

175. “Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.”

— Charlie Munger

176. “If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.”

— Napoleon Hill

177. “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”

— Jim Rohn

178. “Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!”

— Brian Tracy

179. “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

180. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

— Jim Rohn

181. “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

— Paulo Coelho

182. “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”

— Tony Robbins

183. “Assume life will be really tough, and then ask if you can handle it. If the answer is yes, you’ve won.”

— Charlie Munger

184. “In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time — none, zero.”

— Charlie Munger

185. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”

— Anonymous

186. “If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.”

— Ryan Blair

187. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

188. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

— Albert Einstein

189. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”

— Aristotle

190. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

— Confucius

191. “Make it happen now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a loser's excuse.”

— Farrah Gray

192. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.”

— Muhammad Ali

193. “If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”

— Azim Premji

194. “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

— Bruce Lee

195. “Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.”

— Tony Hsieh

196. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”

— Eric Thomas

197. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

— Albert Einstein

198. “Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.”

— Jim Rohn

199. “We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.”

— Robin S. Sharma

200. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”

— Vince Lombardi