Top 23 Self-Help Quotes You Should Know

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Sometimes the only person that can help you is yourself. With that in mind, check out the top 23 self-help quotes.

#23 – 20. Self-Help Quotes

23. Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw

22. If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner. – Johann von Goethe

21. Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. – Jim Rohn

20. You can’t be happy unless you’re unhappy sometimes. – Lauren Oliver

#19 – 10. Self-Help Quotes

19. The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore. – C. JoyBell

18. Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. – Nathaniel Branden

17. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. – Ernest Hemingway

16. When we self-regulate well, we are better able to control the trajectory of our emotional lives and resulting actions based on our values and sense of purpose. – Amy Leigh Mercree

15. It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. – Anne Frank

14. They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. – Tom Bodett

13. Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said, Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Don’t be resigned to that. Break out! – Dead Poets Society

12. Self-care is how you take your power back. – Lalah Delia

11. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss

10. Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself. – Moraji R. Desai

#9 – 1. Self-Help Quotes

9. The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. – Chuck Palahniuk

8. It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life. – Jean Shinoda Bolen

6. I do not believe in making the right decision, I make a decision and make it right. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah

5. No more martyring myself. – Sharon E. Rainey

4. And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. – John Steinbeck

3. Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself. – Alexis Carrel

2. Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness. – Deborah Day

1. Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life. – Steve Maraboli

Ideas for the top 23 self-help quotes come from the following sources.^[1]Quoteland – self help^[2]Everydaypower – 10 Motivating Self Help Quotes and Ideas to Maximize YOU!^[3]Develop Good Habits – 77 Self Care Quotes to Take Care of Yourself and Your Body