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Growth Quotes


"Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth."


"To make mistakes is to live, because no one is born knowing everything."


"It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being."


"Your daily habit is one of the most important predictors of the quality of your life."


"A challenge only makes you stronger, wiser and a better person than you was yesterday."


"Intelligence is just one dimension of ability. Don't limit yourself to it. Open up to instinct, intuition, creativity and thus possibility."


"Appreciate the negatives. Because the negatives are what you learn from to make more positives."


"It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on."


"If what you do doesn't make others better at what they do then you are not living up to your potential."


"Discipline yourself to be a disciple of great works and to do that excellently, you have to wave "bye-bye" to some things and then switch off your inner person not to go near them again!"


"Understanding who you are within comes through self- awareness and self-education."


"They say: misfortunes, sufferings...well, if someone said to me right now, this minute: do you want to remain the way you were before captivity, or live through it all over again? For God's sake, captivity again and horsemeat! Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost; but it's only here that the new and the good begins. As long as there's life, there's happiness. There's much, much still to come."



"The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced."


"Youth is an unpleasant period, for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever."


"Global fuel and consumption, however, is projected to increase by 100 to 150 percent over the next 20 years, driven largely by the rapidly growing Chinese and Indian economies; and this growth and this increase in demand will force prices even higher."


"So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner environment, to create more jobs, to make us more secure."


"The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK."


"These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen."


"Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness."


"Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses."


"The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth."


"Many of them are doing it because they are concerned about smart growth."


"Clarity comes from engagement, not thought."


"I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible."



"Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth."


"It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks."


"While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed."


"Wherever there is one job on the verge of being lost, I will fight to save it. Wherever there is one company looking to grow in West Virginia, I will fight to make that growth a reality."


"Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions."


"When America closes its doors, so does everybody else. We are the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets."


"Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us."


"That's the dirty little secret of Mormon growth. Lots of baptisms don't necessarily translate into long-term membership."


"As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession."


"Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own."


"Those things that hurt instruct."


"I think it took us nine years to get one million subscribers to AOL, and then in the next nine years we went from one million to 35 million."


"We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important."


"The way we utilize our time as humans determines who we become."
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