Quotes About Development

The basic plan of the building was reached in four weeks.

There is a clarity of design that contributes mightily to the building's satisfaction. The harmony of design, with all the elements balanced in true classical form, is sheer elegance. At every stage horizontally and vertically there is a beginning, middle, and end, an introduction to the theme, a development of the theme, a recapitulation of the theme.

It comes to him: growth is betrayal. There is no other route. There is no arriving somewhere without leaving somewhere.

Growth is betrayal.

We shed skins in life, to keep living.

And there was, in those Ipswich years, for me at least, a raw educational component; though I used to score well in academic tests, I seemed to know very little of how the world worked and was truly grateful for instruction, whether it was how to stroke a backhand, mix a martini, use a wallpaper steamer, or do the Twist. My wife, too, seemed willing to learn. Old as we must have looked to our children, we were still taking lessons, in how to be grown-up.

I am surprised at how often researchers fail to draft a title early in the development of their projects. In my opinion, the working or draft title becomes a major road sign in research—a tangible idea that the researcher can keep refocusing on and changing as the project goes on (see Glesne & Peshkin, 1992).

literacy is as vital as food, security, limiting population growth, and control of the environment. Education, after all, is the one issue that affects every other one. I think of it in the same way as dropping a pebble into a pond and getting a ripple effect. Educated people make more money and are more likely to escape poverty. Educated parents raise healthier children. ...The list goes on, just as ripples in a body of water emanate outward.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes.

A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people.

If I am through learning, I am through.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Its what you learn when you know it all that counts

I am not what I ought to be, Not what I want to be, Not what I am going to be, But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be. It

He told me that he always insisted on two things above all else in his players: That they were always trying to improve and always willing to put the team above themselves. If they weren't willing to do those things, he didn't want them at UCLA.

Always try to be the very best that you can be. Learn from others, yes. But don't just try to be better than they are.

when coaches or parents make consistency their foundation, everyone around them becomes more comfortable and everyone around them has a greater opportunity to grow.

The best leaders are lifelong learners; they take measures to create organizations that foster and inspire learning throughout. The most effective leaders are those who realize it's what you learn after you know it all that counts most.

A leader who is through learning is through.

When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur... Don't look for the quick, big improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens- and when it happens, it lasts.

The past cannot change what is to come. The work that you do each and every day is the only true way to improve and prepare yourself for what is to come. You cannot change the past, but you can influence the future by what you do today." —