'Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd,
Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.
Alexander Pope
Quotes , Source: Essay on Man (ep. II, l. 178)
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In a narrow circle the mind contracts.
Man grows with his expanded needs.
[Ger., Im engen Kreis verengert sich der Sinn.
Es wachst der Mensch mit seinen grossern Zwecken.]
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Quotes , Source: Prolog (I, 59)
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Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in
a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.
Sir Walter Scott
Quotes , Source: The Heart of Midlothian (ch. VIII)
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Gard'ner, for telling me these news of woe,
Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (Queen at III, iv)
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'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,
Because sweet flow'rs are slow and weeds make haste.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (York at II, iv)
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O, my lord,
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (York at III, i)
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I held it truth, with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping stones
Or their dead selves to higher things.
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Quotes , Source: In Memoriam (pt. I)
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Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch
At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;
Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch,
Till the white-wing'd reapers come.
Henry Vaughan ("The Silurist")
Quotes , Source: The Seed Growing Secretly
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You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.
John Ruskin
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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Thomas Huxley
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Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.
Ken Keyes Jr
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
Leo Tolstoy
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
Calvin Coolidge
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Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded.
Anonymous
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Hermann Hesse
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Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.
Dr Maxwell Maltz
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When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
Rosilind Russell
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Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.
Johnson
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Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
Jorge Luis Borges
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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.
Alfred North Whitehead
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