Quotes about Growth
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
— Max De Pree
Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.
— Max De Pree
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
— Maya Angelou
If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
— Maya Angelou
Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.
— Maya Angelou
Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.
— Maya Angelou
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
— Maya Angelou
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
— Maya Angelou
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
— Maya Angelou
being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart.
— Melody Carlson
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
— Mia Hamm
It all began with a dozen men and a handful of women: and then the Spirit came.
— Michael Green