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Growth Quotes


"But the summer had been a very happy one, too -- a time of glad living with summer suns and skies, a time of keen delight in wholesome things; a time of renewing and deepening of old friendships; a time in which she had learned to live more nobly, to work more patiently, to play more heartily."


"We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward."


"They run, they touch, they learn, they play, They listen, they work hard at growing all day."


"Faith is not a hothouse plant that must be shielded from wind and rain, so delicate that it has to be protected, but it's like the sturdy oak which becomes stronger with every wind that blows upon it. An easy time weakens faith, while strong trials strengthen it."


"When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. It's hard to understand failure when you're going through it, but in the grand scheme of things it's good to fall down-not because you're drunk and not near stairs."



"To give life to yourself is to become a person you are potentially and realize your potential."


"Judging a person's maturity by the number of years they've lived is misleading. This is because people mature at different rates."


"Our experiences always teach us something. If the experience is 'bad', then the lesson is even more powerful and meaningful. Every unfortunate incident makes us stronger and better equipped to handle new challenges."


"If you do not meet inspiring obstacles and failure, cry; you do not have the great path to explore, grow and mature to be great."


"We must pay a price if we are to become priceless."


"You will learn, but you have to act. You will be given, but you have to receive. Stretch your hands and take up your laurels by the power put in you!"



"I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that seed for a long time."


"Have a clear-cut plan on what you wish to improve, and seek opportunities to improve it. The more conscious and honest we can be about our shortcomings, the more strength we will have to improve them. We are going to train hard anyway, we are not going to sweat any more or less. It is simply imperative that the sweat is properly directed."


"There isn't a good side and a bad side of you or of anybody, so there's no need to be at war with yourself or anyone or anything at all.All we are is a bunch of dozy people in the process of waking up.All we really need to do is try gently to be open to continuing that process.It's no good getting worked up about stuff " it's better to relax and laugh at our mistakes, then figure out how to learn from them and move on."


"It is a good initiative for the dreams that would change one society to be nursed in another environment, before being transplanted to strive in its original environment for the change process to begin!"


"I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and even surmount our biggest fears. It doesn't take a great genius to recognize that when you are pushed by circumstance to do the one thing you have always most specifically loathed and feared, this can be, at the very least, an interesting growth opportunity."


"Character modification requires active participation in challenging new experiences, but without reflection upon our encounters in life and the purposeful alteration in our base philosophy new experiences alone will not result in core personality changes. Our thoughts become our habits, and our habits reveal our character. Only by thinking and acting differently will a person attain the quality of character that they seek."


"It's essential to keep moving, learning and evolving for as long as you're here and this world keeps spinning."


"If you want to rise, drop everyone that is weighing you down."



"The set goal can release inner capacities and involve all human potential."



"There is nothing dishonorable about abandoning pain. Sometimes peace is most quickly found when a man simply stops avoiding it."


"In helping yourself, you prove you are strong; in helping others, you prove you are compassionate; in helping many, you prove you are generous; if helping everyone, you prove you are enlightened."


"Static people don't fall! You fell because you were either climbing, or running. This is a sign that you are on track. Don't stop where you fall; rise up and do it again!"


"Growth is never an event, it's a process."


"Study yourself and develop your personal inspiration routine, applying it to your life every day to help you create the extraordinary life you deserve."


"Empowered women never live the life they wouldn't want for their daughter. They teach them what self respect looks like."



"It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right."


"Somewhere between handling challenges, taking care of business, and juggling responsibilities, you may have lost pieces of yourself which you long to recover. Perhaps they were buried and forgotten long ago. Rediscovering is more than just being reminded of these golden treasures. It is being able to excavate your riches by pulling them out, polishing them off, and allowing them to shine again."


"It's important to work on our personal growth, and part of that work is learning, and accepting the fact that we are absolutely enough, as we are. Some of our most profound changes manifest by simply embracing who we've been all along."


"If our mind remains freeze-framed by inhibiting and hampering habits, in an ever-changing world, we won't be able to get rid of that weird feeling of not belonging anywhere and not taking part in authentic life challenges. ['Not on the shortlist']"


"Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life."


"Let me be content with myself to the degree that my capacity to serve others is present, yet discontent with myself to the degree that I may still like to grow in better service for others."


"If your present thoughts do not lift you higher than your previous ones, rid yourself of them."


"Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it-torn up to irrecoverable tatters."
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