Quotes about Development

Leadership is communicating others' worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.

In order to see our son differently, Sandra and I had to be different. Our new paradigm was created as we invested in the growth and development of our own character. Paradigms are inseparable from character. Being is seeing in the human dimension. And what we see is highly interrelated to what we are. We can't go very far to change our seeing without simultaneously changing our being, and vice versa.

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

You can't have the fruits without the roots.

Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

Our unique human endowments lift us above the animal world. The extent to which we exercise and develop these endowments empowers us to fulfill our uniquely human potential. Between stimulus and response is our greatest power—the freedom to choose.

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny," the maxim goes. Habits are powerful factors

Out of his private victories, public victories began to come.

In all of life, there are sequential stages of growth and development. A child learns to turn over, to sit up, to crawl, and then to walk and run. Each step is important and each one takes time. No step can be skipped.

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny," the

They move us progressively on a Maturity Continuum from dependence to independence to interdependence.