Quotes About Development

Nobody comes out of their mother's womb doing cucarachas.

Progress is the mother of all problems.

[My favorite thing about motherhood is] that it's made me grow into a woman finally, and I finally grew up, thank God.

Experiment is the mother of knowledge.

All men even, I have written, Jesus Christ began as flecks of tissue inside a woman's womb. Every boy must stagger out of the shadow of a mother goddess, whom he never fully escapes.

Mothers remember a child's first words, and quote them in tones usually reserved for Byron.

Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.

The only form of action open to a child is to break something or strike someone, its mother or another child; it cannot cause things to happen in the world.

The sexual wishes in regard to the mother become more intense and the father is perceived as an obstacle to the; this gives rise to the Oedipus complex.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below

True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition.

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for?

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

All great things have small beginnings.

By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.