Quotes About Development

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You'll never learn.

People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.

Everyone grows at their own pace, and you shouldn't compare yourself to anyone.

You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.

If you look at why people become wack as they get older, it's because they stop doing the things they did that were formative to their work. You can't mentally stay still. You can't not challenge yourself.

Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor.

Every day, you reinvent yourself. You're always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.

Red Bull has invested a huge amount in youth and should be commended.

The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

Going home and just seeing what a mess youth baseball was was an eye-opener. I just want to make it a better game.

When I was playing in the Ajax youth teams - when I was, say, 14, 15 - you started to get all those international youth tournaments. All those English teams came. Well, the English were much further than we were.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.