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Growth Quotes
"Consistently failing is nothing more than an indication that you are progressing. The more we fail the farther we will see. Failure is not an option, it is the only option. A master is a master because he has had the courage to fail and the wisdom to learn from it."
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"Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient."
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"By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top."
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"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried."
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"Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you're doing is as valuable as gold."
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"Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together."
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"Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping."
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"Talent is the seed, hard work is the stem, perseverance is the branch, and success is the fruit."
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"The reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn't want to face."
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"It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons."
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"Grow up and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another."
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"If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring up, that noxious weed will thrive, and again stifle the growth, wither the leaves, blast the flowers and poison the fair fruits of freedom."
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"For a thinking man, the main thing is to understand who he is within."
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"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
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"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."
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"Sometimes, challenging a person to do their best is the most kind and compassionate thing you can do for them."
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"Sometimes when you are falling down, you grow wings to fly."
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"Life is all about conversion."
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"Flower was a good metaphor for growth. The song is obviously about sexual responsibility, so that was the main metaphor. Also, it's like knowing who someone has been and remembering and appreciating that, but really appreciating what they are now even more."
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"40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight."
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"The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way."
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"Greatness can only be attained through time conversion."
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"Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old."
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"Sow wisdom today, and you will reap success tomorrow."
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"Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born."
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"There is not an alternative to the US as the engine for growth."
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"If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert."
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"Old habits for old people, reinvent yourself while you still can!"
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"For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better."
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"The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect."
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"I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
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"One thing that I tell people all the time is, 'I'm not going to answer a call from you after nine o'clock at night or before nine o'clock in the morning unless it's an emergency'."
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"The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme."
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"You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging."
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"It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being."
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"I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did."
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