Quotes about Growth

All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves.

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.

Never read a book that is not a year old.

though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Years teach much which the days never knew.

Let us even bid our dearest friends farewell, and defy them, saying, Who are you? Unhand me: I will be dependent no more. Ah! seest thou not, O brother, that thus we part only to meet again on a higher platform, and only be more each other's, because we are more our own?

Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

In the woods is perpetual youth. In the woods we return to faith and reason.

What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered you will never grow.