Quotes about Growth
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
Football helped me tremendously, and that's why I want the sport to stay because it's so valuable. It's helped me be a better physician today, certainly. I've learned discipline. I've learned focus, teamwork, communication.
— Myron Rolle
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
— Tony Robbins
I had been used to chatter. To sit quietly did not come easy. However, with time and patience, I was learning.
— Janette Oke
Have you grown since I saw you last?" "No, master. I'm still the runt you left behind." "I have never called you that. Scamp, most certainly. Scoundrel, almost daily. But never runt."
— Janette Oke
If you think, you can become successful and you are willing to learn and work at success, one day you will become successful.
— Jon Jones