Quotes About Growth

El valor de una educación universitaria no es el aprendizaje de muchos datos, sino el entrenamiento de la mente para pensar

At Boston Macworld, as Gates discusses their deal: "That was my worst and stupidest staging event ever. It made me look small.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think," he said.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think," he said.55 One

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think," he said.55

no acababa de entender que el conocimiento progresa por acumulación y en colaboración.

Love your enemies, for they will tell you your faults 

Nietzsche says: "Nicht nur fort sollst du dich pflanzen sondern hinauf"—you should propagate yourself not only onward but upward: procreation need not be a senseless continuation of an essentially meaningless story and an addition of more and more zeros—it can really be a creation.

Indeed, it is worth asking whether this is not a feature that is more often found than not in the greatest books. They do not mainly seek to add to our knowledge: they do not disdain shocking us because what they most want to do is change us."

I feel like my head is finally the right size. I feel like it finally fits around my mind.

people, including types that I didn't like much at all but felt I had something to learn or to gain from.

I gave my children the kind of dreams they could live by, but dreams are like oceans, Mr. McGill. If they're worth a damn they're bigger than the dreamer, and sometimes, when the one dreaming wants to be as big as what they imagine, the wave pulls'em down.

What if' is fo' chirrens, Easy. You's a man.

Jackson Blue, who had read and retained every important book the central library had to offer, once told me that when a child is orphaned at an early age a large part of his psyche remains fixated there. "It's like the boy just turns into a man instead'a growin' up into one," he said.

dreams are like oceans, Mr. McGill. If they're worth a damn they're bigger than the dreamer, and sometimes, when the one dreaming wants to be as big as what they imagine, the wave pulls'em down.

Disappointments are like weeds in the garden. You can let them grow and take over your life, or you can rout them out and let the flowers sprout.

Faith is like a muscle, and it needs to be exercised in order to become strong.

Get something to improve yourself at least 1% each day

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself.

Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.

If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But, if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.