Quotes About Development

You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. You can also see what's wrong. Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever's in them rises to the surface in free play.

Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.

There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding." ~

An infant of two or three months will smile at even half a painted dummy face, if that half of the face is fully represented and has at least two clearly defined points or circles for eyes; more the infant does not need, but he will not smile for less. The infant's instinctive smile seems to have exactly that purpose which is its crowning effect, namely, that the adult feels recognized, and in return expresses recognition in the form of loving and providing.

To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow.

Achieving mastery requires breaking through the shell of your own limitations—both actual and imagined—and struggling up to the freedom and enjoyment of real skill.

Effective delegation is the single most powerful way for you to build trust in your employees' abilities.

It seems to me there is always pain—or at least discomfort—involved in getting really good at something.

The ability to learn quickly is the most important skill to have.

MOVING TOWARD MASTERY Don't Stop Yourself Honor How You Learn Practice

Employees who consistently behave as though it is your responsibility to "make them successful"; who blame you or others for their lack of success; who don't take the initiative to learn and grow—these employees are not fulfilling a key part of their role. It's easy to get pulled into their worldview; that is, that their role is to be a passive observer of your efforts to "grow" them, and that it's your fault if it doesn't work.

When did a person begin to emerge from that fantastical sea of childhood onto the dry land of adult existence?

A leaf cannot return to the bud - bluestar to fireheart and greystripe

didn't need to stay on the ground like an apprentice with kit-fluff still behind his ears.

They'll grow, my sweet, until one day they'll be strong enough to walk the whole world.

They're our own little storm in the making!

We were born as kittypets, but look at us now, my precious friend.

There is a method in man's wickedness—It grows up by degrees.

the important thing is not to point a finger at flaws but to attempt to correct them!

the shame is in not improving when you have the opportunity!

Traditional histories of technology do not pay much attention to food. They tend to focus on hefty industrial and military developments: wheels and ships, gunpowder and telegraphs, airships and radio. When food is mentioned, it is usually in the context of agriculture—systems of tillage and irrigation—rather than the domestic work of the kitchen. But there is just as much invention in a nutcracker as in a bullet.

Japanese cuisine did not change all at once but in stages.

One of the reasons that we do not usually think of our tastes as learned is that most of the learning tends to happen in the very early years of life; and then it stops.

Already, by thirteen weeks, the taste buds are mature. A thirteen-week-old foetus weighs maybe an ounce, with no fat under the skin, no air in the lungs. Yet already they can not only swallow but taste, and these sips of fluid leave memories.