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Personal development7 quotes
Being totally honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud · 1897If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. — Michael J. Fox · 1997In order to be content men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers. — Albert Einstein · 1940The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke · 1962The life so short, the craft so long to learn. — Hippocrates · 410 BCAll 7 quotes →Self-improvement3 quotes
If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. — Michael J. Fox · 1997If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. — Joshua Reynolds · 1769Artistic development1 quote
In order to be content men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers. — Albert Einstein · 1940Courage1 quote
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke · 1962Excellence1 quote
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. — Michael J. Fox · 1997Finding one's limits1 quote
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke · 1962Happiness1 quote
In order to be content men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers. — Albert Einstein · 1940Honesty1 quote
Being totally honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud · 1897Learning1 quote
The life so short, the craft so long to learn. — Hippocrates · 410 BCMastery1 quote
The life so short, the craft so long to learn. — Hippocrates · 410 BCPerfectionism1 quote
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. — Michael J. Fox · 1997Pushing oneself1 quote
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke · 1962