Quotes About Growth

Creative people don't avoid failure. They see it as a friend. They know that if they are to experiment, innovate, and create, they will fail. They embrace risk.

Author George Matthew Adams stated, "What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you." Every problem introduces you to yourself. It shows you how you think and what you're made of.

People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can't do that if you don't take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.

Piense, actúe, hable y compórtese como la persona que quiere llegar a ser

No matter how much I know (or think I know), I can learn from this situation.

Think, Act, Talk, and Conduct Yourself Like the Person You Want to Become

If you are to become more sensitive, you must be willing to take a risk. Take the initiative to find a need and take action.

In order to *do* more, I've got to *be* more.

The greatest handicap a person has is not realizing his potential.

You can't take the team to the next level when you haven't mastered the skills it takes to succeed on a personal level.

We can change our whole life and the attitude of people around us simply by changing ourselves. —RUDOLF DREIKURS

One of the paradoxes of life is that the things that initially make you successful are rarely the things that keep you successful.

Adversity doesn't build character; it reveals it.

Mucha gente pierde de vista la importancia del crecimiento personal una vez que terminan su educación formal. No permita que eso le suceda a usted. Convierta su crecimiento personal en una de sus principales prioridades comenzando hoy mismo.

Somos los amos o las víctimas de nuestras actitudes. Es un asunto de decisión personal. Lo que ahora somos es el resultado de las decisiones tomadas ayer. Mañana seremos lo que decidamos ahora.

Rule #1: You will learn lessons. Rule #2: There are no mistakes—only lessons. Rule #3: A lesson is repeated until it is learned.

Humorist Will Rogers said, "There are three kinds of men. Ones that learn by reading, a few who learn by observation, and the rest of us have to pee on an electric fence and find out for ourselves." Ouch. That's got to hurt. But let's face it: some people only learn things the hard way.

Rule #4: If you don't learn the easy lessons, they get harder. (Pain is one way the universe gets your attention.) Rule #5: You'll know you've learned a lesson when your actions change.

Above all, don't dwell on yesterday's victory. If your focus is on what's behind you rather than what's ahead, you will crash.

Maturity does not always come with age; sometimes age comes alone.

But I've come to realize that failure is a process. If you flunk a test, it doesn't mean you failed a one-time event. The F shows that you neglected the process leading up to the test.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

People say there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you can take action and use it.