Quotes About Improvement

Bugger this. I want a better world.

Do men read "self-help" books? Yes. They are called "business books"—self-help books for dads to do better in their business so their families can do better in life.

If they offer something better, I will gladly learn. Francis David, no. 566

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Alas! is there not wisdom enough extant for the instruction of the world? And if not, are there not thousands of abler pens labouring for its improvement?—It is so much pleasanter to please than to instruct—to play the companion rather than the preceptor.

The '62 Mets made 3 errors in their first game, 3 in their last game, and 204 more errors in between.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.

There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For me, there would be trouble in stopping learning.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.

My feeling is that Marriage #2 is usually a huge improvement on Marriage #1—in my case, certainly, and I hope in yours—something you embark upon with much more wisdom and with your eyes open. So good luck and all happiness to you both.

I will never make my family perfect, but I will make it better everyday.

Money does not change the pig, but it improves the pigsty."

We will never be better than the future, but we can be better than the past."

You are undoubtedly of the opinion that men are superior to women. Esmond?" "Well, I…" "You are wrong. Eve is superior because she was created after Adam. God didn't take backward steps, so Eve must be an improvement.

Wenn Seufzer die Welt verbessern könnten, sie wäre längst keiner Verbesserung mehr fähig.

All growth toward perfection is but a returning to original existence.

The testers found that training attention not only improved executive control; scores on nonverbal tests of intelligence also improved and the improvement was maintained for several months.

I tend to view the occasional failures of algorithms as opportunities to improve them. On the other hand, I find more pleasure than Klein does in the come-uppance of arrogant experts who claim intuitive powers in zero-validity situations.

A aquisição de habilidades exige um ambiente regular, uma oportunidade adequada para praticar e um feedback rápido e inequívoco sobre a precisão dos pensamentos e ações.

His observation was astute and correct: occasions on which he praised a performance were likely to be followed by a disappointing performance, and punishments were typically followed by an improvement. But the inference he had drawn about the efficacy of reward and punishment was completely off the mark.

A team of researchers at the University of Oregon explored the link between cognitive control and intelligence in several ways, including an attempt to raise intelligence by improving the control of attention.

I was telling them about an important principle of skill training: rewards for improved performance work better than punishment of mistakes.