Quotes About Growth

Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there's a use for those things in my life and in my work

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me.

I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.

My everyday job is about superficial beauty, but when I'm not working I prefer to work on my inner beauty - I read a lot, I try to learn.

The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.

Most of us miss our best opportunities in life because they come to us disguised as work.

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet. I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.

As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.

As we practice the work of forgiveness we discover more and more that forgiveness and healing are one.

If you do your work, eventually there will be a spark. A fire. A blaze.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

Your life is a work of art that you will work on the rest of your life.

I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

School didn't work for me. I hated it.

I always tried to work hard and stay focused, and just use one opportunity to contribute to the next.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental, or spiritual. Work has no substitute.

Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration.

Listen deeply. Meditate on that which is arising. Even if it's boredom or difficulty or maybe a feeling of being stuck, that in itself can be the work for your practice.

Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.