You cannot hammer a girl into anything.
She grows as a flower does, she will wither
without sun; she will decay in her sheath
as a narcissus will if you do not give her
air enough; she might fall and defile her
head in dust if you leave her without help
at some moments in her life; but you
cannot fetter her; she must take her
own fair form and way if she take any.
?John Ruskin
Sit down before fact as a little child,
be prepared to give up every preconceived
notion, follow humbly wherever and to
whatever abyss nature leads,
or you shall learn nothing.
?Thomas Huxley
Everything is a gift of the universe --
even joy, anger, jealously, frustration,
or separateness. Everything is perfect either
for our growth or our enjoyment.
?Ken Keyes Jr
Growth for the sake of growth is
the ideology of the cancer cell.
?Edward Abbey
The strongest principle of growth
lies in human choice.
?George Elliot
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth,
but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
?Leo Tolstoy
All growth depends upon activity.
There is no development physically
or intellectually without effort,
and effort means work.
?Calvin Coolidge
We find comfort among those who agree
with us-- growth among those who don't.
?Frank A Clark
Create the kind of climate in your organization where
personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded.
?Anonymous
We grow because we struggle,
we learn and overcome.
?R C Allen
The gem cannot be polished without friction,
not a man perfected without trials.
? Chinese Proverb
I have always believed, and I still believe,
that whatever good or bad fortune may come
our way we can always give it meaning and
transform it into something of value.
?Hermann Hesse
Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis
situations" are opportunities to either
advance, or stay where you are.
?Dr Maxwell Maltz
When something (an affliction) happens to you,
you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
?Rosilind Russell
Confidence is a plant of slow growth;
especially in an aged bosom.
?Johnson
Any life, no matter how long and complex
it may be, is made up of a single moment -
the moment in which a man finds out,
once and for all, who he is.
?Jorge Luis Borges
The art of progress is to preserve order
amid change, and to preserve change amid
order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.
?Alfred North Whitehead
