Quotes About Growth

A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

What you need to do is build the house you will live in. You build that house by laying a solid foundation: by building physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health.

Success comes from continually expanding your frontiers in every direction—creatively, financially, spiritually, and physically. Always ask yourself, what can I improve? Who else can I talk to? Where else can I look?

I have never met a mentally strong person who wasn't a voracious reader.

once in a meeting about our written reports. "When you guys finish your shows, take that file and throw it out. Do not keep one piece of paper, because next year when we have to come back and do this again, it will force you to rethink everything you did, not just pick up from where you left off and implement the same procedures and production elements that you did last year.

involution always precedes evolution

It was Heraclitus, of course, who came up with the formulation that we are never able to step into the same river twice. ... The obverse of Heraclitus's maxim may be that one is never able to step out of the river the same, twice. A neuron in the brain is altered with every experience. The self, if it exists, must be a constantly evolving thing. Those coming to the banks of the Ganges or Jordan to immerse themselves do not expect to leave the same as they arrive.

She learned that women were braver than men. Braver and stronger. She learned that she herself could one day stretch open as wide as a window, and it would not kill her.

Wildflowers after rain the heart breaks open and little bright seeds fall out.

She patted Teresita on the head. She was five years older when she rose than when she'd sat down.

Progress might be inevitable, but there was no reason they should knuckle under without a fight.

I've always believed that the imagination is a spiritual quality that, like memory, can be trained and developed.)

Terminó la niñez y caí en el mundo.

No eches de menos un destino más fácil

People who grow, question what they know.

No existen confrontación ni creación sin riesgos, sin derecho a la divergencia, a la posibilidad de estar juntos y de pensar distinto, a la posibilidad del crecimiento personal a costa de nadie, su atipicidad, su independencia, sus juegos de imaginación para poder fundar una nueva visión en un nuevo orden que le posibilite ante él mismo y ante los demás testimonear su verdad.

Abandono mi pasado, pero no quiero olvidarlo. Por eso apuntaré lo que debo recordar.

que a uno le pasan las cosas que le tienen que pasar

Man findet sich, indem man sich verliert

Você está atormentado por uma coisa que aconteceu quando você tinha doze anos? — Essas são as coisas que realmente nos atormentam. As outras são apenas problemas.

Auch Freundschaften mündeten in den Fluss der Zeit und verschwanden darin. Und im Rückblick erwiesen sie sich als Rinnsale und nicht als anschwellende Bäche, wie man gerne geglaubt hätte.

It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.