Quotes about Growth
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
— Lewis Carroll
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.
— Lewis Carroll
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
— Bruce Lee
As I get older, I have a very strong urge to know about stuff. I want to learn the names of trees and birds; that's the sort of knowledge I want to pass on to my son.
— Bill Bailey
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
— Tony Robbins
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
— Charles Spurgeon
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
— Oscar Wilde
Over the last 20 years, I've worked on or invested in many companies that scaled to 100 million users or more. But here's the thing: You don't start with 100 million users. You start with a few. So, stop thinking big, and start thinking small.
— Reid Hoffman
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.
— Sonia Sotomayor
With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.
— Ben Carson
Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and thus reframing your entire reality. Mere inspiration can never do this.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
— Albert Einstein