Quotes about Growth

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.

Friendship is a plant which must be often watered.

A hedge between keeps friendships green.

Habit is habit, and not to be thrown out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

Happy is he that chastens himself.