Quotes About Development

Neuroanatomy isn't destiny. Neither is genetics. They don't define who you will be. But they do define who you might be. They define who you can be.

To summarize this chapter, parents and teachers need to "stretch" individuals on the autism spectrum. They need to be stretched just outside their comfort zone for them to develop.

The younger the subject, the earlier the possibility of intervention. The earlier the intervention, the greater the potential effect on the trajectory of an autistic person's life.

It's not just great teachers that shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers . . . Being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded.

History does not move by leaps into unrelated novelty, but rather by the selective emphasis of aspects of its own immediate past.

Cuando te conocí, pensé que estábamos hecho el uno para el otro, a pesar de que, en algunos sentidos, parecíamos muy distintos y no parábamos de pelearnos. Pero ahora... —¿El qué? —Ahora no creo que estemos hechos el uno para el otro, sino que nos estamos haciendo el uno al otro, para convertirnos en las personas que seremos. ¿Sabes a lo que me refiero.

that reason, it was time to go our separate ways. Life was like that sometimes. We change and we grow.

gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without adversity." – Donina Va'a Renata

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without adversity." – Donina Va'a Renata

Preteens live up to our expectations, and if we communicate that they're irresponsible, they will become even more so. Remember that they're still learning responsible behavior, and they will make mistakes along the way.

By bringing our daughters to France, we were actually sending them to a boot camp where children learn not just to speak, but to speak a lot, and well.

Out of adversity comes opportunity.

The literature of impotence is about to develop beyond measure.

La ciencia tiene frente al arte una gran desventaja: que la ciencia es provisional, es decir, suceptible de mejora.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

Tampoco hay que despreciar el hecho que el índice de crecimiento demográfico es tanto más elevado cuanto más se desciende en la escala social, lo que constituye un factor suplementario de regresión.

That the divinities can do little for men, that man is fundamentally the artificer of his own destiny, even of his development beyond this world—this characteristic view held by original Buddhism demonstrates its difference from some later forms, especially the Mahayana schools, into which infiltrated the idea of a power on high busying itself with mankind in order to lead each individual to salvation.

The education provided must therefore encourage the development in each citizen of three things; an inquiring mind; and ability to learn from what others do, and reject or adapt it to his own needs; and a basic confidence in his own position as a free and equal member of the society, who values others and is valued by them for what he does and not for what he obtains.

Hay quienes quieren llegar a la luna, mientras nosotros aún estamos tratando de llegar a la aldea

The development of the peoples means a rebellion

Give them the education which will train their heads to refuse the wretchedness of mind and skill their hands to develop the resources of Africa.