Growth Quotes

1. The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. - George Eliot

2. It is far more useful to be aware of a single shortcoming in ourselves than it is to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. For when the fault is our own, we are in a position to correct it. - The Dalai Lama

3. If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone. - John Maxwell

4. Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do. - Menander

5. Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life. - Herbert Otto

6. Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire. - Samuel Johnson

7. We find comfort among those who agree with us — growth among those who don’t. - Frank A. Clark

8. I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I’ve done in my life is between jobs. - Anthony M. Hall

9. Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots. - Frank A. Clark

10. Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness. - Jean Vanier

11. The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us. - Hamerton

12. We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life. - James Freeman Clarke

13. If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, wearen't really living. -Gail Sheehy

14. All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. - Calvin Coolidge

15. Don't go through life, grow through life. - Eric Butterworth

16. Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it. - Andy Rooney

17. Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. - Brian Tracy

18. With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose. - Wayne Dyer

19. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. - Og Mandino