Growth Quotes

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

His life is circumscribed by racist laws and regulations that cripple his growth, dim his potential, and stunt his life.

The majority of white Americans consider themselves sincerely committed to justice for the Negro. They believe that American society is essentially hospitable to fair play and to steady growth toward a middle-class Utopia embodying racial harmony. But unfortunately this is a fantasy of self-deception and comfortable vanity.

With the growth of slavery, men had to convince themselves that a system which was so economically profitable was morally justifiable. The attempt to give moral sanction to a profitable system gave birth to the doctrine of white supremacy.

The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with steady restriction among all the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks constitutes a national and race danger which is impossible to exaggerate. I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed before another year has passed.

The cause of disarmament will not be attained by Mush, Slush and Gush. It will be advanced steadily by the harassing expense of fleets and armies, and by the growth of confidence in a long peace.

Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.

The only way to know is to Live, Learn, and Grow.

Anything that is not growing is dead.

I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics.

We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are.

If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.

Sometimes, a smooth process heralds the approach of atrophy or death.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

Even the hard times are part of your life story. If you acknowledge them and move past them, they eventually add up to the experience that makes you wise.

I'm growing older, but not up.

It's my job to be better than the rest, and that's enough reason to go for me. It's my job to be better than the rest, and that makes the day for me.