Growth
678 quotes: 69 by Keith Craft, 609 from other voices.
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- Let a man try faithfully, manfully to be right, he will daily grow more and more right. It is at the bottom of the condition on which all men have to cultivate themselves.
- Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
- Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.
- Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
- Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.
- Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
- Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.
- Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.
- Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.
- Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self.
- Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression: we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past.
- Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand!Edward Everett HaleSourced
- Love your enemies; for they shall tell you all your faults.
- Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your handbreak on.
- [M]aybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn't perfection but progress.
- Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.
- Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
- Man owes his growth chiefly to that active striving of the will, that encounter with difficulty, which we call effort; and it is astonishing to find how often results that seemed impracticable are thus made possible.
- Management is the most noble of professions if it’s practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team.
- Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.George Henry LewesSourced
- Many men are angry with them that tell them of their faults, when they should be angry only with the faults that are told them.
- Many people never reach greater because they don't leave good enough behind.
- Maturity doesn’t come with age; it comes with acceptance of responsibility.
- Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
- Mental toughness and resilience fade if they aren’t used consistently. I say it all the time: you are either getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.
- Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.William Ellery ChanningSourced
- Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
- Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.
- Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
- Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?
- Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
- Mothers are the gardeners of the human race.
- Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.
- Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.
- Mount Everest, I will come again and conquer you, because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human I can.
- Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.
- Move toward challenges that will toughen and improve you.
- Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
- Never be ashamed of anything you’ve done in your life. Face it, fix it, make it better.
- Never compare yourself or your achievements with others, but make your comparisons only with yourself.