Growth Quotes

Remember to remember: sometimes your adversary is your biggest asset. Where would David be without Goliath? Jesus without Judas?

~ Brandi L. Bates

The man who never weakens when things are against him will grow stronger and stronger until all things will delight to be for him. He will finally have all the strength he may desire or need. Be always strong and you will always be stronger.Picture in your mind your own best idea of what a strong, well-developed individuality would necessarily be, and then think of yourself as becoming more and more like that picture. In this connection it is well to remember that we gradually grow into the likeness of that which we think of the most. Therefore, if you have a very clear idea of a highly developed individuality, and think a great deal of that individuality with a strong, positive desire to develop such an individuality, you will gradually and surely move towards that lofty ideal.

~ Christian D. Larson

Life is a race, and what matters most isn't when a person crosses the finish line, but how strong they've grown along the way.

~ Jen Stephens

Thought is creative - Fear attracts like energy - Love is all there is.

~ Neale Donald Walsch

The impetus to grow and live intensely is so powerful in me I cannot resist it. I will work, I will love my husband, but I will fulfill myself.

~ Anaïs Nin

You cannot operate from a place of love when you are emotionally unstable.

~ Kemi Sogunle

For people like us, looking towards the future can feel daunting. It can literally make us feel sick to the stomach and often induces panic attacks. Trust me, I’ve been there; I get it. That’s why the far-future should never be at the top of our “to-plan” list. It’s alright to have goals but to stress ourselves out with plans and options and worries of the future is a good way to drive us crazy. However, there is one time when I want you to consider the future. Always have something to look forward to.

~ S.r. Crawford

~I hope that in this year to come, YOU make mistakes. Because if YOU are making mistakes, then YOU are making NEW things, trying NEW things, learning, living, pushing YOURself, changing YOURself, changing YOUR world. YOU're doing things YOU've never done before, n MORE importantly, YOU're doing something~

~ Neil Gaiman

Every journey taken always includes the path not taken, the detour through hell, the crossroads of indecision and the long way home.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it might go on

~ Haruki Murakami

Astray from a deep sleep chronic as I write by phonics, like insomnia I will always live the onyx night for revealing, and, upon it, still I'll steal the bright light of day right away just to keep building at speeds hypersonic.

~ Criss Jami

It is the 'Teacher', that shapes a novice; not only with his studies, but character too.

~ Aniruddha Sastikar

Blessed are those with cracks in their broken heart because that is how the light gets in.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When it's about your life, it's time to be selfish.

~ Dee Dee Artner

It will not always be easy, but it will always be beautiful.

~ Charlotte Eriksson

If you can only do one thing today, choose to help someone in need. There are many who are less fortunate. Take some time to lend a helping hand. You will be surprised by how much you will uplift their spirit.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

No matter how many sins you make or how slow you travel back toward God's valley, you are still way ahead of a person who never made a mistake and doesn't know what it is like to climb out of a pit of shame and rise above their temptations.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You only grow when you are alone.

~ Paul Newman

An authentic and genuine life grows like a sturdy tree. And like a tree, it grows slowly. Every time you make a different and better decision, it grows a little. Every time you choose to do the right thing, even when nobody would find out otherwise, it grows a little. Every time you act with compassion, relinquish your right to strike back, take a courageous stand, admit fault or accept responsibility, it grows a little.

~ Steve Goodier

Nourish your reasoning skills my friend, they are the most effective tool you can ever have in the path of progress.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The truth is scary. We all think we want it, but once it’s given, it’s harder to swallow than we originally thought. But sometimes, when the pain is too much, we have to be honest with ourselves. Why are we unhappy? Why are we scared? Is it internal, or external? Then when we find the answer, we need to accept it (see chapter 1), and make the necessary changes to fix it.

~ S.r. Crawford

Each person you meet influences your mental universe in a way that has the potential to make a substantial impact upon the causality of the intellectual development of an entire species.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The connections that we have with others, the things we learn, and yes, our prayers—all of it is a web of connections that bind us into the fabric of reality and make us part of something greater than ourselves. And if our reality is only a tiny reflection of a much greater reality, still it is also an essential part. And the same is true of each individual life. Each deed and thought—each word between friends—adds a new thread to a tapestry so vast that we may never be able to step back and see the whole.

~ Yael Shahar

Sometimes it's not about your opinion, it's about what's right...and knowing the difference.

~ Nina Guilbeau

I believe that one of the most dignified ways we are capable of, to assert the reassert our dignity in the face of poverty and war's fears and pains, is to nourish ourselves with all possible skill, delicacy, and ever increasing enjoyment. And with our gastronomical growth will come, inevitably, knowledge and perception of a hundred other things, but mainly of ourselves. Then Fate, even tangled as it is with cold wars as well as hot, cannot harm us.

~ M.f.k. Fisher

If we give the supply of growth, self-improvement, self-education, into our lives, life would favour us

~ Sunday Adelaja

At each step there is a small moment of transformation that cannot be overlooked or rushed. And these moments should not be, because they are beautiful.

~ Anne Ursu

It has always been simple, but making it hard was always your way of avoiding pain. If you want to change your life, you have to change what you are doing. It wasn't his fault, her fault, their fault or the circumstances. It was your inability to choose. So, life chose for you. Somewhere in that crazy mind of yours time stopped. You thought someone would rescue you, but they didn't. You have to rescue yourself. This is not a fire you can put out; you have to walk through it, in order to reach life. Getting burned is apart of growth, didn't you know?

~ Shannon L. Alder

There is an undeniable truth that as one progresses further in his understanding of a craft the rest of his life progresses along with it. This symbiotic relationship between all things is experienced on a daily basis, but rarely articulated through conscious thought.

~ Chris Matakas

My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.

~ Chris Matakas

As an instructor, my goal has always been to use Jiu Jitsu as a vehicle to help our students achieve their goals, whatever the case may be. I have yet to find a better vehicle for growth, and the moment I do I will certainly pursue it with the rivaled fervor that I approached Jiu Jitsu.

~ Chris Matakas

I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one’s own limitations.

~ Chris Matakas

The only way to consistently perform at your potential is to ask: Am I better than I was yesterday?

~ Chris Matakas

Devoting yourself to a particular art is invaluable. The art becomes our vehicle with which we drive down the road of life. We use this vehicle to learn about ourselves and this place, to conquer fears, to become more of what we already are. In my own life, I have found most valuable the transferable skills of learning from jiu jitsu to all other facets of day to day study. In devoting myself with such commitment to this art, in undertaking the task of understanding jiu jitsu to whatever degree by circumstance allows, I have unknowingly learned how to learn.

~ Chris Matakas

Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns you've lived for your entire life.

~ A.j. Darkholme

People interested in change and personal development need larger and larger environments in which to live. Their views expand. Their perspectives broaden. Their interests change. They seek bigger challenges. And they need people in their lives who will make room for their growth.

~ Steve Goodier

What are we if we are not disciplined?

~ Rob Liano

No work you'll ever complete,no project you'll ever attempt,no skill you'll ever master,no book you'll ever write,no race you'll ever run,no sculpture you'll ever create,no task you'll ever perform,no structure you'll ever build,nothing you will ever do --is more important than the life you shape one day at a time.

~ Steve Goodier

Good advice is not often served in our favorite flavor.

~ Tim Fargo

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens.

~ Steve Goodier