Quotes About Growth

"We are all of us failures – at least, the best of us are."

"A clever girl may pass through the phase of foolish miss on the way to sensible woman."

"This building has to be at least…. three times bigger than this!"

God, please help me not be an asshole, is about as common a prayer as I pray in my life.

It's just a whole different thing, and it's just that my life has been a blessing, and I thank god every day for the gifts that he has given me and for my daughter and to be able to watch her grow and be a part of her joys and her excitement and what she wants to do in life.

I love my husband, but it is nothing like a conversation with a woman that understands you. I grow so much from those conversations.

Every time I say I love you I mean it more than the last time.

I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt, and fail.

I love you more today than yesterday.

"I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the einsteinconditions in which they can learn."

Limit your "always" and your "nevers."

"The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere."

"Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."

"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."

"Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher."

"No one is perfect – that's why pencils have erasers."

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience, and patience.

The value of new knowledge is greater to the person who already knows a lot. The more effort you put in, the more you get back per unit of effort. Knowledge violates the law of diminishing returns.

Knowledge increases by sharing but not by saving.

Wisdom comes from making mistakes, having the courage to face them, and make adjustments moving forward based upon the knowledge acquired through those experiences.

To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.

The ability to learn, the means of learning, the tools of learning, are abundant and infinite. It's the desire that's incredibly scarce.