Quotes About Growth

When you begin to enjoy the discipline of warriorship, when it begins to feel natural, even though it may still feel very imperfect, that is the time to let go.

Train in the three difficulties.

Then you have to apply a technique or antidote to overcome it.

first, recognize them; second, try to overcome them; third, take a vow never to re-create such things again.

The basic discipline of mind training or lojong is a sevenfold cleaning or processing of one's mind.

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.

There is a saying in the Tibetan scriptures: "Knowledge must be burned, hammered, and beaten like pure gold. Then one can wear it as an ornament." So when you receive spiritual instruction from the hands of another, you do not take it uncritically, but you burn it, you hammer it, you beat it, until the bright, dignified color of gold appears. Then you craft it into an ornament, whatever design you like, and you put it on.

Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.

Chad Davidson

Dating is the gym class of life, not the advanced calculus class.

Always be the worst guy in every band you're in. - so you can learn. The people around you affect your performance. Choose your crowd wisely.

Education requires both a teacher and a student. Many of us are too often reluctant to be a student.

Humility is not just something we develop so we can claim to be more spiritual. It also allows you to see your actions more clearly.

Always be the worst guy in every band you are in.

Take calculated risks with your career. Don't let fear consume you. And if you're not having fun, you're not going to be excellent.

Because we all make mistakes, we also know that everyone else makes mistakes. So, within reason, we don't judge each other on the mistakes we make. We judge each other on how we deal with those inevitable mistakes.

Set your sights higher. Don't think of yourself as a programmer at a specific company—after all, it's not likely that you'll be at the same place forever—but as a participating member of an industry. You are a craftsperson or an artist. You have something to share beyond the expense-reporting application you're developing for your human resources department or the bugs you've got stacked up in your company's issue-tracking system.

Sir Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Smart guys like Isaac know that there is much to be learned from those who came before us. Be like Isaac.

la naissance ne suffit pas, il faut se créer.

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.

Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Time perfects men as well as destroys them.