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Self Improvement Quotes

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it."
Vincent Van Gogh
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"
Vincent Van Gogh
"Only when I fall do I get up again."
Vincent Van Gogh
"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it."
Salvador Dali
"Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them."
Salvador Dali
"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."
Salvador Dali
"I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face."
Johnny Depp
"There’s a drive in me that won’t allow me to do certain things that are easy."
Johnny Depp
"Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity."
Will Smith
"Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you. And stay."
Will Smith
"The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your "
Will Smith
"I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working."
Will Smith
"I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived."
Will Smith
"To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable."
Jeff Bezos
"We take risks all the time, we talk about failure. We need big failures in order to move the needle. If we don't, we're not swinging enough. You really should be swinging hard, and you will fail, but that's okay."
Jeff Bezos
"If you never want to be criticized, for goodness' sake don't do anything new."
Jeff Bezos
"Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life."
Jeff Bezos
"The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they'd already solved. They're open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking."
Jeff Bezos
"People who are right a lot listen a lot, and they change their mind a lot. People who are right a lot change their mind without a lot of new data. They wake up and reanalyze things and change their mind. If you don’t change your mind frequently, you’re goi"
Jeff Bezos
"Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful."
Jeff Bezos