Quotes about Growth

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. ... Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said today.

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

To lose Is to learn.

No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Judge each day not by it's harvest, but by the seeds you plant.

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

A mistake is not a failure, but evidence that someone tried to do something.

Keep trying. Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment.

I believe that life is given us so that we may grow in love, and I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the color and fragrance of a flower.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.