"The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself."

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Source : Benjamin Robert Haydon (1853). “Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter”, p.52

Benjamin Haydon

#Self Improvement Quotes #Principles Quotes #Improvement Quotes

“You cannot stay where you are and go with God. You cannot continue doing things your way and accomplish God's purpose in His ways. Your thinking cannot come close to God's thoughts. For you to do the will of God, you must adjust your life to Him, His purposes, and His ways”
“Worry means the mind is controlling you. Worry is always pointless. A solution never comes out of worry.”
“The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.”
“And youâ€™re not afraid of it ending?â€ â€œSure I am. But Iâ€™d rather have something this good for a little while than have nothing forever.”
“Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.”
“There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state”
“Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.”
“Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.”

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