self-improvement

Improvement of one's condition through one's own efforts.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of improving yourself
  Synonym: self-reformation

• Success Consciousness Awakening the wisdom and power within you.
• Today is that Day Powerful blog for self-improvement and self-empowerment
• Mindware Forum News and reviews about self-improvement and personal development technologies
• The Self Improvement Toolshop Becoming a better you in all areas of your life.

Quotes:

"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound." - James Allen

"He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life." - Henri Frederic Amiel

"When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim -- improve yourself." - Gilbert Arland

"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." - Isaac Asimov

"There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself." - Andrew Carnegie

"You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose." - Jo Coudert

See more famous quotes about Self-improvement