“Self improvement is masturbation…”

“Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.”

Dave Barry (1947) American writer

“Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.”

Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club

“The never-ending task of self improvement.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”

James Clear (1986) American author and speaker

“Personal analytics combined with social networks provide a high-tech mechanism for self-help and self-improvement.”

Newton Lee American computer scientist

“Be so busy Improving your self that you have no time to criticize others.”

Chetan Bhagat (1974) Indian author, born 1974

“There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”

Aldous Huxley book Time Must Have a Stop

“An unlimited capacity of a human for self-improvement makes him an object of constant respect and admiration.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

“We improve ourselves by victory over our self. There must be contests, and you must win.”

Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) English historian and Member of Parliament