Growth Quotes - Page 26

• Religion is the peculiarity of the growth of the Indian mind.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mind, Importance, Indian

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1125, Manonmani Publishers

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• This is the line of life, this is the line of growth, and this is the line of well-being in India - to follow the track of religion.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Track, Lines, India

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.94, editionNEXT.com

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• So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Spiritual, Mean, Scripture

  Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks (2007). “Living By the Book/Living By the Book Workbook Set”, p.12, Moody Publishers

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• It's essential to growth. It's essential to maturity. It's essential for equipping you, training you, so that you might be an available, clean, sharp instrument in His hands to accomplish His purposes.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Maturity, Hands, Training

  Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks (2007). “Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible”, p.17, Moody Publishers

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• New information and communications technologies can improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, but only if such technologies are designed from the beginning so that everyone can use them. Given the explosive growth in the use of the World Wide Web for publishing, electronic commerce, lifelong learning and the delivery of government services, it is vital that the Web be accessible to everyone.

  William J. Clinton

  Communication, Technology, Government

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• Well-functioning financial systems are important in achieving sustained economic growth. They play a crucial role in channeling household savings into the corporate sector and allocating investment funds among firms.

  Toshihiko Fukui

  Play, Important, Roles

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• We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises - exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources. Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Population Problem, Two, Roots

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• In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.

  Tim Bishop

  Block, Cutting, Innovation

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• When you go through difficult times...recognize that God is refining you, knocking off some of your rough edges.

  Joel Osteen

  Rough Edges, Difficult Times, Knocking

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• Who I've been is not as important as who I'm becoming.

  Gary L. Francione

  Important, Becoming, Personal Growth

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• The reason I don't retire is that I learn something new every day. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body. It's about expanding, constantly pushing yourself.

  Clint Eastwood

  Brain, Body, Pushing

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• The question is not 'Can you make a difference?' You already do make a difference. It's just a matter of what kind of difference you want to make during your life on this planet.

  Julia Hill

  Inspirational, Life, Differences

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• God loves me just as I am today. He knows all my junk....and lack of faith, and he loves me anyway. However, he loves me too much to leave me the way I am.

  Michelle Akers

  Junk, Today, Too Much

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• Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

  Ben Casnocha

  Book, Reading, Talking

  Ben Casnocha (2015). “My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley”, p.87, John Wiley & Sons

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• Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

  Harold S. Kushner

  People, Return, Who You Are

  Harold S. Kushner (2006). “Overcoming Life's Disappointments”, p.48, Anchor

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• Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.

  Max Cleland

  Adversity, Men, People

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• When we are weak, we can still be strong. When we're under the greatest stress and facing the greatest challenges, it may be the best day of our lives, for God is working to make us into the people he wants us to be.

  Casey Treat

  Strong, Stress, People

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• Even when you are striving, stumbling and struggling, it's exhilarating if you sense you are growing.

  Brenda Poinsett

  Struggle, Growing, Strive

  Brenda Poinsett (2000). “What Will I Do with the Rest of My Life?: A Woman's Guide to Discovering Peace, Power, and Purpose After 40”, Navpress Publishing Group

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• Sometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your mind up to a whole other area that you wouldn't have gone to intentionally.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Mistake, Mind, Gone

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• We talk about defining moments, but I think nothing can define you. They're all refining moments. You're constantly refining yourself and refining your life.

  Sheryl Crow

  Life, Thinking, Defining Moments

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• I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know.

  Sidney Poitier

  Intrigued, Stills, Knows

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• The difference between charity and philanthropy is the distance of the soul... To be philanthropic is to give something, to be charitable is to give one's own heart.

  Maya Angelou

  Distance, Heart, Differences

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• Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward.

  Edward Felten

  Healthy, Atmosphere, Trying

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• People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing.

  Tom Scholz

  People, Sake, Good Things

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• The creative folks intuitively design what's best for the user, while data folks provide great insights. The true unicorns are those who can go end-to-end designing, building, measuring, analyzing, and iterating with a combination of user intuition and deep analytics.

  Matthew Humphreys

  Data, Design, Creative

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