Quotes About Growth

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

Think of tomorrow, the past can't be mended.

Walking among three people, I find my teacher among them. I choose that which is good in them and follow it, and that which is bad and change it.

At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger

If I am walking with two people, both will be my teachers

You are not yet able to serve men, how can you serve spirits?

I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them.

I am not worried that nobody knows me. I seek to become fit to be known

Is it not indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and constantly to exercise oneself therein?

LEARN AS THOUGH YOU WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MASTER IT

Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge.

We all have two lives, your second one begins when you realize you've only got one.

Give me a few more years so that I am studying at fifty, and surely I may avoid major errors.

you cannot open a book without learning something

The Master said, Study as though you could never catch up, [and if you did,] you would still be fearful of losing it.