Quotes About Growth

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life." (Wellesly High School commencement speech, "You Are Not Special", 6-12)

Even if you think you are thinking and acting globally, there is always more to learn and know!

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.

The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs.

How can one come to possess great faith? Now listen, here is the answer to that: First, the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. Faith must grow by soil, moisture, and exercise.

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.

I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren't busy denying them.

Great things have small beginnings.

When you are in difficulties, look upon the overcoming of them as a great adventure.

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there.

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.

Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.

These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age.

If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve.

Great cities are not static, they constantly change and take the world along with them.

When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.