"We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil."
Read quote
19 likes
Growth quotes
Growth
2.2K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Growth
Browse quotes that often appear alongside growth — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Growth quotes (page 6 of 111)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper."
Read quote
19 likes
"Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth."
Read quote
18 likes
"The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast."
Read quote
18 likes
"Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival. We're in for a major disaster if it isn't curbed...We have no option. If it isn't controlled voluntarily, it will be controlled involuntarily by an increase in disease, starvation and war."
Read quote
18 likes
"One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth."
Read quote
18 likes
"Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth that you cannot change. But if you do not have a style, if you just say: Well, here I am as a human being, how can I express myself totally and completely? Now, that way you won't create a style, because style is a crystallization . That way, it's a process of continuing growth."
Read quote
18 likes
"Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour."
Read quote
18 likes
"Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth... Society always has something to learn when it comes to the way we judge each other, label each other. We have far to go."
Read quote
18 likes
"Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual."
Read quote
18 likes
"Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous."
Read quote
18 likes
"The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can't buy."
Read quote
18 likes
"The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured."
Read quote
18 likes
"We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence. The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate."
Read quote
18 likes
"Surely it is time for Jews, worried over the huge growth of Arabs in Israel, to consider finishing the exchange of populations that began 35 years ago."
Read quote
18 likes
"Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost."
Read quote
17 likes
"The demand for organic food is growing at a remarkable rate. Consumers have made it clear that they want organic produce and every sector of the food chain is responding, with the kind of results we have just seen."
Read quote
17 likes
"We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them."
Read quote
17 likes
"The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power."
Read quote
17 likes
"If you want to work on your art, work on your life."
Read quote
17 likes