Quotes about Growth

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

I don't tell people, 'You're okay the way that you are.' That's not the right story. The right story is, 'You're way less than you could be.'

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

When you start very young and you start to work, you're going to fail. That's how you learn.

In reality, we are all travelers - even explorers of mortality.