Quotes About Growth

And what is life without incident? Is such a life even possible?' He took a sip of his water: 'How do we become human except in the face of adversity?

The clear-headed will see the striking gain I've made since I did find a woman, in the real world, whose life was connected up with mine and mine with hers before we knew anything about each other.

I have been a lot of places in my time, and done a lot of things. And there is a sense of Prodigal about my life that begs to be resolved. But one truth anyone reading these pieces ought to get is the sense of movement--the struggle, in myself, to understand where and who I am, and to move with that understanding.

Childhood is like a mist in so many ways. A mist in which a you is moving to become another you.

The evidence for God is within us, but to see it we have to be subtle. To live it, we have to grow.

Somewhere along the line I also recognized that spiritual growth is "inner" creativity, as contrasted to creativity in the arts and the sciences, which is "outer" creativity.

A smart city is an intelligent town that provides enormous possibilities for human growth through art, culture, social, architectural, economic, political, environmental, and scientific flowering with the optimal mix of nature, technology, humanity, and arts.

Ability makes the opportunity flowery.

As flower blooms in spring, compassion grows in mindfulness.

Come out of the don'ts and impossibles. Manifest your dream. Bloom your worth.

Deep down there is a rose in every heart.

Education is unfolding the wings of head and heart together. A true teacher pushes the students out of the nest to strengthen the wings.

Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate.

Just trusting the soul cannot lead you to higher consciousness. You have to pay attention for the beautification of your heart.

Raise you awareness and cultivate your uniqueness.

Small mind competes, big mind collaborates and great mind encompasses.

You think this will solve all our problems. It's magical thinking, Michael. It's the way a child thinks.

One should never trouble about getting a better job. But one should do one's present job in such a manner as to qualify for a better job when it comes along." The

Every mistake is a lesson

A happy childhood is the pledge of a ripe manhood.

Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely leaves.

Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.

A birthday is a good time to begin anew; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them on again.