Quotes About Growth

Aquilo que insistimos em fazer torna-se fácil - não que a natureza da tarefa tenha modificado, mas nossa habilidade para realizá-la aumentou.

Life is a journey, not a destination

Don't choose the better person, choose the person who makes a better you.

The good are befriended even by weakness and defect. As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhat made useful to him. ...Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

There is for every man a statement possible of that truth which he is most unwilling to receive, — a statement possible, so broad and so pungent that he cannot get away from it, but must either bend to it or die of it.

The years teach much which the days never knew!

For everything you have missed you have gained something else, and for everything you gain you lose something else.

Good books replace the best universities.

Every artist was first an amateur

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life

No puedo recordar todos los libros que he leído, como no puedo recordar todas las comidas que he tomado, aún así, son quienes me han hecho»

We grizzle every day. I see no need of it. Whilst we converse with what is above us, we do not grow old, but grow young.

Truths will harmonize; and as for the falsities and mistakes, they will speedily die of themselves.

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Our strength grows out of our weakness

Presently a new experience gives a new turn to our thoughts.

If a person is constantly reading and absorbing the thoughts of others, their growth will be stunted. In order to fully develop, we need periods of solitude, self-inquiry, and recovery.

Features well cured make us strong.

education is more precious than that which we call so.

The antidote to this abuse of formal government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.

Going on the offense is no longer optional, for one simple reason: defense alone means a shrinking business.

Leaders who are disciplined, determined, consistent, and persistent in developing these know-hows tend to be successful on a sustained basis. In that sense, leaders are made.