Quotes About Development

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of progress is going to fling him off.

A man is a great bundle of tools. He is born into this life without the knowledge of how to use them. Education is the process of learning their use.

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

Men are like trees: each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him.

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.

Basic psychological theory holds that we learn to trust, to feel safe — or not — when we're so young. It happens by the time we're two years old, and it depends on how well our basic needs are met. Whether people fed us, held us, comforted us, whether we were in a place where we felt safe.

you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.

I know, too, that our progress has nothing to do with the body, which is the thing that matters least.

recommend starting with only two to four

Sand needs heat to be transformed into glass. You can't expect change if you aren't willing to spark that flame yourself.

My future's about trying to be a better man.

Paul, as a child, missed out on synchronicity.

Pia Mellody, spoke of the Adaptive Child as a "kid in grown-up's clothing." The Adaptive Child is a child's version of an adult, the you that you cobbled together in the absence of healthy parenting. Here's a chart detailing the traits of the Adaptive Child, as distinct from the Wise Adult.

Children's minds need not innately embody language structures, if languages embody the predispositions of children's minds!

Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

One of the main tasks of adolescence is to achieve an identity—not necessarily a knowledge of who we are, but a clarification of the range of what we might become, a set of self-references by which we can make sense of our responses, and justify our decisions and goals.

You teach what you want to learn.

This life is not about our comfort. We have an eternity for that. I really think this is about training and testing. We will have work to do in Heaven, work that is fulfilling and perfect for us. God needs to develop certain skill sets in us before that time. That may be what this life is about.

No, no, not at all. I'm a professional. If I can't take criticism, how will I ever grow?

Develop a Plan for Personal Growth Success is something you attract by the person you become. —Jim Rohn

Purge. Prepare. Perfect.

The more you learn, the hungrier you are to learn more. You can't get enough. You begin to crave knowledge and wisdom as much as you used to crave sitting on a couch vegging out to reality shows.