Quotes about Growth

Without self-discipline a man drifts lower and lower, approximating more and more nearly to the beast, until at last he grovels, a lost creature, in the mire of his own befoulment. By self-discipline a man rises higher and higher, approximating more and more nearly to the divine, until at last he stands erect in his divine dignity, a saved soul, glorified by the radiance of his purity. Let a man discipline himself, and he will live; let a man cease to discipline himself, and he will perish.

Turn the disadvantage to account by utilizing it for the gaining of mental and spiritual strength, and

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveal him to himself

The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong.

As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both by suffering and bliss.

he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

Healthy thoughts become healthy habits. Hold a vision of yourself glowing with energy and vitality, act in harmony with that vision, and you will grow to embody it.

Men pass from evil to good, from self to Truth, through the dark gate of sorrow, for sorrow and self are inseparable.

Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not remain so if you only perceive an ideal and strive to reach it. You cannot travel within and stand still without.

Men are demanding to improve their circumstances, however are unwilling to improve themselves; they consequently stay sure. The guy who does now not cut back from self-crucifixion can never fail to perform the object upon which his heart is about.

He who masters the small becomes the rightful possessor of the great.

Man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.