What is your favorite inspirational quote in regards to Self Improvement?

I like that. Particularly the end, about leniency.

Can I put two? Is that cheating??

"It is more noble to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is truly yours. It can never be taken from you. Not by angels or demons, or in heaven or hell." ~The Buddha

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are, it'll beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. Ain't you, me, or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!" ~Rocky Balboa

 

The night is darkest just before the dawn.
Not sure who said it.

 

'It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." - William Ernest Henley, Invictus

One of my favorite lines.

 

If it was easy everyone would do it.

What did you ever do to deserve being called a man? ~ Modified_Hackware

 

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
- Albert Einstein

 

"If you want to live a happy life , tie it to goals not to people or objects. "
-Albert Einstein-

 

The mind is everything. What you think you become. -buddha

 

we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy - Dumbledore

 

“If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.” – uncredited

 

"The more important an activity is to your soul's evolution, the more resistance you will feel." - Steven Pressfield

Abstaining from PMO is very important for me and for all of us with an addiction. This quote shows why it took me 23 years to start the quitting process and that the reboot process may be difficult, but well worth it.

 

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Eckhart Tolle

 

This quote is an affirmation that I wrote for myself: I am an attractive and intelligent man of dignity, class and integrity who takes full responsibility for loving myself. I have come to realize that fear is a false-hood that attempts to distract me from becoming the best version of myself; but I am a warrior who is never defeated. Honor is my crown and I wear it proudly.

 

"You cannot control what you've done. You can only control what you're going to do." - a fellow athlete around 12 years ago.

 

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. -Swami Vivekananda

 

"If you have two pieces of bread, give one to the poor, sell the other and buy hyacinths to feed your soul". Persian proverb.
The greatest measure of self-improvement lies in the capacity to help others and live a life of simplicity and integrity.

 

Hmm, im really not sure but in regards to nofap I know what that would be: Suffer the pain of dicipline or suffer the pain of regret.