growth Quotes (33)

“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.”

“The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.”

“Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.”

“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”

“Maintaining cordial relationship with friends helps us improve our own capabilities.”

“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 gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”

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

“Early ripe, early rotten.”

“Continual improvement is an unending journey.”

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

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

“Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.”

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

“Not to advance is to recede.”

“Our critics are our friends; they show us our faults.”

“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.”

“I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don't believe that anymore.”

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

“Every artist was first an amateur.”

“To know oneself is true progress.”

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

“Fail big.”

“Your mistakes are your own unique way of getting to where you need to be.”

“You can not run away from the bully here.”

“God placed the best things in life on the other side of terror.”

“You can get better at things and you can grow.”

“You got to live where you're almost certain you're gonna fail.”

“Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday's me is still me.”