Quotes About Development

I think I'm a really hard worker, and I feel like my attitude is to just enjoy the process of being creative and developing and 'just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks.'

People who retain their childish attitudes will rarely be able to hold on to the success they may achieve through their talent.

You have to let go of the control and allow things to develop. You need to have a flexible attitude, especially working with kids.

My soul to keep is the ultimate love story with a black man and a black woman. I call it the ultimate love story. It's about an immortal. We're shooting for this Fall and that's been a six year development right there.

Change is hard at the beginning. Messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.

In order to evolve and become what nature and God intended us to be, we must attune ourselves with this process of constant change.

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.

Every time a child is harmed, HUMANITY takes a backward step

every substance contains undeveloped resources and potentialities, and can be brought outward and forward into perfection.

Forty years of emphasizing accounting-style control over things has seen American businesses do little or nothing to develop the capabilities of people. Workers have been viewed as a source of energy and cost, not as a source of ideas.

R&D is a special class of spending that often is equated, mistakenly, with investment spending. Investments presume knowledge, albeit imperfect, about future costs and returns. R&D represents an effort to gain a stake in future opportunities before anything is known about future costs and returns.

Learning implies that every person in every process must have the freedom to observe and identify change and have the power to recommend opportunities for improvement.

But only by making workers into thinkers and doers will firms inspire workers to excel.

The objective of most corporate leaders is to use people to make a great company. My objective is to use the company to make great people. —Ralph C. Stayer

Military operations alone cannot defeat an insurgency because only economic development and political action can address most sources of disaffection. If military operations are not conducted consistent with political objectives or occur without economic development, they are certain to alienate the population further, reduce the amount of intelligence available to [...] security forces, and strengthen rather than weaken the enemy.

Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, "This is the time of life in which you are to lay the foundations of your future improvement and of your importance among men. If this season is neglected, it will be like cutting off the spring from the year.

As long as we don't give up, we don't fail. We just continue to learn

Growth is impossible if we continue to do things the same way

Mistakes are not failure if we learn from them

The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it.

Tunisia is always ready to turn the page.

State the idea so that it focuses on response. How do you want your listeners to respond? Instead of "You can rejoice in trials because they lead to maturity," try "Rejoice when hard times come." If you know what your listeners should do, tell them. State the idea so that your listeners sense you are talking to them about them.