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Self-Development Quotes — 408 Quotes to Help You Grow Every Day

Self-development is the compound interest of life: small daily upgrades that quietly become a different person. These are the sharpest growth quotes in the Badass Motivation library — the ones users save, share, and set as their daily reminder most often.

Pain doesn't tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue, you will change.
— Kobe Bryant
If you could erase all the mistakes of your past, you would also erase all the wisdom of your present.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
— Thomas Jefferson
You have to be odd to be number one.
— Dr. Seuss
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
— Carl Jung
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.
— Mandy Hale
The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
— Walt Disney
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
— Lao Tzu
Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.
— Socrates
The only way life gets better for you is when you get better.
— Jim Rohn
Do not pray for an easier life. Pray to be stronger men.
The expert has failed more times than the amateur has even tried.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.
It gets easier. Everyday it gets a little easier. But you have to do it everyday. That's the hard part.
Be not afraid of moving slowly, be only afraid of standing still.
— Chinese Proverb
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
— Chinese Proverb
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
— Chinese Proverb
The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
— Ernest Hemingway

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