Quotes about Growth
For though the wish for friendship comes quickly, friendship does not.
— Aristotle
Learning begins at the level of the learner.
— Aristotle
Happiness extends just as far as study extends, and the more someone studies, the happier he is.
— Aristotle
To be learning something new is ever the chief pleasure of mankind .
— Aristotle
Because each of us is the sum of all we have ever experienced. Only the very young have a clean slate. The rest of us must live forever with everything we have ever been.
— Arthur C. Clarke
Anything is better than stagnation.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height, and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. You will see it often in humans.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
For once you have fallen low. Let us see, in the future, how you can rise.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
If all you are going to do in life are the things that are convenient and comfortable, the great things never get done.
— George Bernard Shaw
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. What you've really got to do is focus on learning as much about life, and about various aspects of it first.
— George Lucas
I want to live out principles that became a part of my life in my 40s, 50s, and 60s. One principle is the universality of freedom.
— George W. Bush