Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength."
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Growth
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Amartya Sen
Economist, Philosopher
"Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical."
Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."
Hippocrates
Physician
"All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly."
Morgan Freeman
Actor, Narrator
"Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth."
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"We get Comfort from those who agree with us, but we get Growth from only those who don't agree with us !"
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"Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding."
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"You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know."
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"We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us."
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"If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life."
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"Joy is the evidence of inner growth."
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"Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight."
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"If you want to have more, you have to become more. For things to change, you have to change. For things to get better, you have to become better. If you improve, everything will improve for you. If you grow, your money will grow; your relationships, your health, your business and every external effect will mirror that growth in equal correlation."
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"By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still."
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"Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summerand wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us--it has come to stay--and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation."
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"Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance."
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"A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment intelligently on his nation's development and only by such comments can errors be corrected and progress stimulated"
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"Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance."
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"You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth."
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"Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal."
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"Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?"
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"Who does not grow, declines."
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"Physical education for the body to be effective must be rigorous and detailed, far sighted and methodological. This will be translated into habits. These habits should be controlled and disciplined, while remaining flexible enough to adapt themselves to circumstances and to the needs of growth and development of the being."
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"We often say God is never late, but generally He isn’t early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives."
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"Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but of unlearning old limits."
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