growth Quotes

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

A great man is always willing to be little.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.