Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for... life by keeping eyes, mind and heart open to nature, men, books, experience.... What he gathers serves him at unexpected moments in unforeseen ways."
-- Hamilton Wright Mabie
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." -- Karen Kaiser Clark
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." -- Karen Kaiser Clark
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
George Eliot
"For all those years you’ve protected the seed. It’s time to become the beautiful flower."
-- Stephen C. Paul
"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."
Abraham Maslow
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
Henry Miller