“The never-ending task of self improvement.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Source: Awaken the Giant Within (1992), p. 96; this phrase was also later used as a chapter title in The Success Principles : How to get from where you are to where you want to be (2005) by Jack Canfield, (with Janet Switzer), Ch. 20: "Commit to Constant and Never-ending Improvement", p. 164.
Context: I realized that we all need a word to anchor ourselves to the focus of Constant and Never-ending Improvement. When we create a word, we encode meaning and create a way of thinking. The words that we use consistently make up the fabric of how we think and even affect our decision making. As a result of this understanding, I created a simple mnemonic: CANI!™ (pronounced kuhn-EYE), which stands for Constant And Never-ending Improvement.
“The never-ending task of self improvement.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Steve Stewart-Williams (1971)
Source: Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Think You Know (2010), p. 173
Indra Nooyi (1955) Indian-born, naturalized American, business executive
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“Strategy is a constant reconciling of possibilities, means and ends.”
Bernard Jenkin (1959) British politician
The Today Programme, BBC Radio 4 (October 18, 2010)
“We like to think of life as a constant … Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat.”
David Gemmell book The Swords of Night and Day
Source: Drenai series, The Swords of Night and Day, Ch. 14
John Angell James (1785–1859) British abolitionist
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 478.
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 5