Growth Quotes

“O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.”

“They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad”

“Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.”

“And ruin`d love when it is built anew, grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater”

“Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you, if you are great.”

“Let the river roll which way it will, cities will rise on its banks.”

“No man ever came to an experience which was satiating, but his good is tidings of a better. Onward and onward!”

“As men get on in life, they acquire a love for sincerity, and somewhat less solicitude to be lulled or amused. In the progress ofthe character, there is an increasing faith in the moral sentiment, and a decreasing faith in propositions.”

“Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”

“Every mind is different; and the more it is unfolded, the more pronounced is that difference.”

“If you would lift me up, you've got to be on higher ground.”

“Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other.”

“To improve is to change.”

“A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.”

“Tears water our growth.”

“In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.”

“The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings”

“If you follow the ways in which you were trained, which you may have inherited, for no other reason than this, you are illogical.”

“A friend is Janus-faced: he looks to the past and the future. He is the child of all my foregoing hours, the prophet of those to come, and the harbinger of a greater friend.”

“Again, the great number of cultivated men keep each other up to a high standard. The habit of meeting well-read and knowing men teaches the art of omission and selection.”

“Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.”

“The years teach much which the days never know.”

“We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered that much was accomplished, and much was begun in us.”

“The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.”

“Looking up gives light, although at first it makes you dizzy.”