Tom Rath Quotes

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

I'm going to try to keep getting better.

I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.

I always like to put myself under pressure to improve more.

For me, I'm just trying to keep getting better.

It is not very good for your head if you go up and down and up and down. I want to try to keep going up, with my quality and with my decisions that I make.

I'm always trying to improve.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

My goal in life is to make decisions that minimize regrets. I don't regret anything I've done.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

You don't wake up at 18 and necessarily become the person you want to be as an adult - you have to work hard to become them.

Every day I am trying to improve my life.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is really the study of happiness. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness.

I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best.

I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.

Don't waste a moment of energy looking around at what other people are doing.

I have to constantly keep pushing myself.