growth Quotes (52)

“People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be, not what you nag them to be.”

“The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.”

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.”

“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”

“Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”

“Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.”

“A fault is fostered by concealment.”

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”

“The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four, of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.”

“Continual improvement is an unending journey.”

“Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.”

“Growing old is mandatory – Growing up is optional.”

“Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.”

“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.”

“Our shortcomings are the eyes with which we see the ideal.”

“If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?”

“From a little spark bursts a mighty flame.”

“It's never too late – in fiction or in life – to revise.”

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

“Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.”

“It is fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

“A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.”

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

“Each new book is a tremendous challenge.”

“Not to advance is to recede.”

“Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.”

“Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.”

“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.”

“What we dwell on is who we become.”

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade.”

“At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment.”

“Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.”

“An investment in knowledge still yields the best returns.”

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life-long attempt to acquire it.”

“A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.”

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

“Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”

“There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.”

“The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.”

“You're not meant to do what is easy. You're meant to challenge yourself.”

“Associate with good people, and you will become one of them.”

“Whenever there is hardship, remember it is part of the process of becoming a better person.”

“Every artist was first an amateur.”

“A competent person is always a learning person.”

“To know oneself is true progress.”

“Plants grow by cultivation, and humans become people through education.”

“Where there is hope, the seeds of happiness sprout.”

“Without humility, you cannot learn even the most basic lessons of life.”