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I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me.
You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off a ledge.
The greatest justification for travel is not self-improvement but rather performing a vanishing act, disappearing without a trace.
Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.
Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement. For these reasons, standards are the basis for both maintenance and improvement
Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
I think I have a lot of room for improvement. My serve is okay, but I need to work on a lot of things: return, transition game, backhand.
I want incremental improvements. There's the record of all the revolutionary and violent change and extremism in general - it's dreadful.
School improvement is not a mystery. Incremental, even dramatic improvement is not only possible but probable under the right conditions.
We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
Saving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent.
Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.
Many times after a game, I get the feeling that I have not done enough, I should have done better, of course there is room for improvement.
Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.
Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors.
The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.
Art is not vague production, transitory and isolated, but a power which must be directed to the improvement and refinement of the human soul.
Fear of failure held me back from being a DIYer for many years, especially after a few early attempts at home improvement projects went awry.
The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.
Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status.
If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables.
Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.
Lee Chung-yong has been playing well and trying hard at Bolton and has grown in confidence. His improvement is valuable for the national team.
Sustained success is largely a matter of focusing regularly on the right things and making a lot of uncelebrated little improvements every day.
The new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, while a vast improvement on his predecessor is not doing much, if anything, to slow that process done.
My main improvement on defense has just been my coaches. They've been teaching me defensive schemes, how to guard guys, and how to use my length.
The healthier people are, the more they are willing to admit to their limitations and so the more open they are to the possibility of improvement.
Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good.
The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.
When I won my first Grand Slam in Australia, and we came back, I had much more confidence. I had much more belief in my game, about my improvement.
By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
Growth without diversification, technological improvement, and increased productivity is easily reversed: all it takes is a dip in commodity prices.
The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.
I have something to prove, as long as I know there's something that needs improvement, and you know that everytime I move, I make a woman's movement.
In reality, Senator Shelby's Financial Regulatory Improvement Act is nothing more than a wish list for the Wall Street bankers that fund his campaign.
I always feel as though I've made a significant improvement after every training session. It's never S-O-S, same old stuff. It's always something new.
There is always room for improvement, and I have always grown up knowing however well I have done, there is always something I could have done better.
To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.
Every successful business, even Google, Facebook, Twitter, started with a combination of manual improvements and friends of the founders using the site.
You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman.
I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other.
Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times you've failed at something.
Mary J. Blige has made the most improvement, to me, and the depth of the spirit and the soul in her music, the way she sings, gives her that 'it' factor.
We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.
We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.