Quotes about Development

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything

Who has a more fierce struggle than the person who strives to master himself? And this must be our occupation: to strive to master ourselves and daily to grow stronger and to advance from good to better. All

He who shaneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

What I think the average person wants is not a fight; they want to see something move forward in their own neighborhood.

Each year I have grown and learned new things.

If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

They must be plans for learning rather than plans for implementation.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Children need to do more than learn new skills. The theory of capabilities suggests they need to be challenged. They need to solve hard problems. They need to develop values. When you find yourself providing more and more experiences that are not giving children an opportunity to be deeply engaged, you are not equipping them with the processes they need to succeed in the future.

Every successful product or service, either explicitly or implicitly, was structured around a job to be done. Addressing a job is the causal mechanism behind a purchase. If someone develops a product that is interesting, but which doesn't intuitively map in customers' minds on a job that they are trying to do, that product will struggle to succeed—unless the product is adapted and repositioned on an important job.

The theory of good money, bad money explains that the clock of building a fulfilling relationship is ticking from the start. If you don't nurture and develop those relationships, they won't be there to support you if you find yourself traversing some of the more challenging stretches of life, or as one of the most important sources of happiness in your life.