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title: "Inspiring Improvement Quotations"
description: "Browse 2,074 Improvement quotes by 1,278 authors. Discover the best Improvement sayings and thoughts."
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> [Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/everything-in-my-life-has-been-about-sound-and-making-music-so-beats/)

[Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/)

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> [Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-johnson/be-real-with-yourself-in-whatever-area-of-your-life-and-your-game/)

[Calvin Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-johnson/)

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> [“remember when God has answered you, it no longer matters who has been against you but for Him to answer you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agu-jaachynma-n-e/remember-when-god-has-answered-you-it-no-longer-matters-who-has-been/)

[Agu Jaachynma N.E](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agu-jaachynma-n-e/)

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> [“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-ancient-commission-of-the-writer-has-not-changed-he-is-charged/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-j-ashton/a-truly-wise-person-will-constantly-move-forward-striving-for-self/)

[Marvin J. Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-j-ashton/)

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> [The ego will always be able to find ways to keep the aspirant busy in self-improvement, thus binding him or her to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-brunton/the-ego-will-always-be-able-to-find-ways-to-keep-the-aspirant-busy-in/)

[Paul Brunton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-brunton/)

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> [The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/the-new-light-above-my-table-is-a-great-improvement-with-all-this/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [Adversity challenges the masks we hide behind, revealing sides of ourselves we have not yet comfortably with the world outside. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arndt/adversity-challenges-the-masks-we-hide-behind-revealing-sides-of/)

[Michael Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arndt/)

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> [Here is a kitchen improvement, in return for Peacock. For roasting or basting a chicken, render down your fat or butter with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-townsend-warner/here-is-a-kitchen-improvement-in-return-for-peacock-for-roasting-or/)

[Sylvia Townsend Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-townsend-warner/)

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> [The right U.S. tax policy could positively impact decisions to develop or redevelop new retail and restaurant destinations that make a community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-m-mcgee/the-right-u-s-tax-policy-could-positively-impact-decisions-to-develop/)

[Thomas M. McGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-m-mcgee/)

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> [That the ulterior significance of every mode of human association lies in the contribution which it makes to the improvement of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/that-the-ulterior-significance-of-every-mode-of-human-association/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [Not every change is an improvement but every improvement is a change; you can't do anything BETTER unless you can manage to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/not-every-change-is-an-improvement-but-every-improvement-is-a-change/)

[Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/)

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> [And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-spellings/and-i-think-that-s-righteous-i-think-that-s-what-parents-want-to-know/)

[Margaret Spellings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-spellings/)

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> [The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southey/the-march-of-intellect-is-proceeding-at-quick-time-and-if-its/)

[Robert Southey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southey/)

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> [“We are in God’s hands. We can’t come up with a surprise big enough or a sin vile enough to thwart His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-sorenson/we-are-in-god-s-hands-we-can-t-come-up-with-a-surprise-big-enough-or/)

[Toni Sorenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-sorenson/)

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> [Culture, far from giving us freedom, only develops, as it advances, new necessities; the fetters of the physical close more tightly around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/culture-far-from-giving-us-freedom-only-develops-as-it-advances-new/)

[Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/)

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> [We cannot simply look to austerity as a strategy and it is incredibly important that the Greek people see improvements in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-cannot-simply-look-to-austerity-as-a-strategy-and-it-is-incredibly/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/if-you-wish-information-and-improvement-from-the-knowledge-of-others/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul/people-will-not-bear-it-when-advice-is-violently-given-even-if-it-is/)

[Jean Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul/)

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> [It's pretty incredible to look back 30 years to when Microsoft was starting and realize how work has been transformed. We're finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/it-s-pretty-incredible-to-look-back-30-years-to-when-microsoft-was/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/israel-welcomes-the-wind-of-change-and-sees-a-window-of-opportunity/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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> [In The United States, the only real change I know has been Instant Runoff, which is usually applied to municipal elections. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-arrow/in-the-united-states-the-only-real-change-i-know-has-been-instant/)

[Kenneth Arrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-arrow/)

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> [The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-ancient-commission-of-the-writer-has-not-changed-he-is-charged-2/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [As a musician, we should always want to strive to be better, we can always make improvements. It's easy to get comfortable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hernandez/as-a-musician-we-should-always-want-to-strive-to-be-better-we-can/)

[Eric Hernandez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hernandez/)

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> [My philosophy and my belief was that there was a long way for us to go in improving what we had ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/my-philosophy-and-my-belief-was-that-there-was-a-long-way-for-us-to/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Exactly 5,126 attempts to make the first bagless vacuum cleaner were failures-some catastrophic disappointments, some minor defects. It took 15 years. Prototype…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dyson/exactly-5-126-attempts-to-make-the-first-bagless-vacuum-cleaner-were/)

[James Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dyson/)

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> [“Two things specially avail unto improvement in holiness, namely firmness to withdraw ourselves from the sin to which by nature we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-kempis/two-things-specially-avail-unto-improvement-in-holiness-namely/)

[Thomas à Kempis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-kempis/)

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> [It is only proper that our employees share in the savings generated by tax reform and that we openly acknowledge the resulting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-marchionne/it-is-only-proper-that-our-employees-share-in-the-savings-generated/)

[Sergio Marchionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-marchionne/)

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> [Are you too busy for improvement? Frequently, I am rebuffed by people who say they are too busy and have no time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shigeo-shingo/are-you-too-busy-for-improvement-frequently-i-am-rebuffed-by-people/)

[Shigeo Shingo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shigeo-shingo/)

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> [“To an INTJ, life is a giant experiment where the goal is to continually improve everything around them—projects, tools, relationships, theories, organizations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-moss/to-an-intj-life-is-a-giant-experiment-where-the-goal-is-to/)

[Anna Moss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-moss/)

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> [You can't just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wells-lawrence/you-can-t-just-be-you-you-have-to-double-yourself-you-have-to-read/)

[Mary Wells Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wells-lawrence/)

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> [Do the American voters know that the unprecedented improvement in their standard of living that the last hundred years brought was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/do-the-american-voters-know-that-the-unprecedented-improvement-in/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/when-we-are-in-the-company-of-sensible-men-we-ought-to-be-doubly/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [Without repentance, there is no real progress or improvement in life. Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-todd-christofferson/without-repentance-there-is-no-real-progress-or-improvement-in-life/)

[D. Todd Christofferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-todd-christofferson/)

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> [Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-m-nelson/be-patient-with-yourself-perfection-comes-not-in-this-life-but-in-the/)

[Russell M. Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-m-nelson/)

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> [ By \[the\] operations \[of public improvement\] new channels of communication will be opened between the States; the lines of separation will disappear,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/by-the-operations-of-public-improvement-new-channels-of-communication/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [What is going to happen in the course of my day that will be an improvement over lying on something very soft,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/what-is-going-to-happen-in-the-course-of-my-day-that-will-be-an/)

[Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/)

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> [“To make 2013 (or any other)your year, keep it simple: 1) Count your blessings first 2) Whatever you did last year, Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo/to-make-2013-or-any-other-your-year-keep-it-simple-1-count-your/)

[Pablo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo/)

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> [“We don't get to choose how our lessons are delivered (...). We only get to influence which are the most appropriate lessons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sage/we-don-t-get-to-choose-how-our-lessons-are-delivered-we-only-get-to/)

[Peter Sage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sage/)

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> [For thousands of years, until about 1850, you see humans accumulating more and more power by the invention of new technologies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/for-thousands-of-years-until-about-1850-you-see-humans-accumulating/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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                        "text": "The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way. (Pause.) I love to get up and move about in it, then back here to... (hesitates) ...me. (Pause.)",
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