Growth
Quotes about personal and professional development
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle."
"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."
"I don't fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks—but the man who has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times."
"Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn."
"In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him."
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"All of the significant battles are waged within the self."
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
"Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort."
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
"Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure—they can be turned into wisdom."
"If you're not failing every now and then, you're playing it way too safe."
"Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition—such as lifting weights—we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity."
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being."
"That which hurts, also instructs."