142 quotes found
“In a human development sense, our understanding of leadership has essentially grown up and moved past personal ego and a self-centered view of things.”
“Life may be circular but its circumference keeps getting wider for us to grow.”
“Humility is not an attribute but a key to development.”
“A tree is no more valuable than a seed. Both are simply at a different stage in their development.”
“The unconscious always tries to produce an impossible situation in order to force the individual to bring out his very best. Otherwise one stops short of one's best, one is not complete, one does n...”
“Human beings have always been an unfinished species, a story in the middle, a succession of families, tribes, and societies in transition to new awarenesses. Although we have always prided ourselve...”
“Most people cant seem to see the relationship between truth, honesty and national development.”
“If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.”
“I don't like dealing with money transactions in poor countries. I get confused between the feeling that I shouldn't haggle with poverty and getting ripped off”
“In the art and act of mastering, a mistake is a common thing, but it must always shape something and it must always give a distinctive reason for action!”
“Death Valley wasn't dead at all. It was asleep. It was simply waiting for the conditions of growth. When the conditions came, life returned to the heart of Death Valley.Human beings and human commu...”
“...distinction between growth and development. Aggregate growth in national economic indicators need not mean an improved life for the majority of the people.”
“When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world--the world of fixed traits--success is about proving you're smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other--the world of changing...”
“Sometimes the best journeys are those, that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect and are taking us places we do not know.”
“I hated the flashcards and I hated the multiplication tables, but I did enjoy the fact that my dad took time out of his schedule to help me in the areas in which I needed it.”
“Purpose expresses most deeply what makes you a unique individual. Your purpose defines who you are, how you live your life and how you lead. Your purpose provides you with inner strength and drive ...”
“If we were to suppose that mankind never can or will be in a better condition, it seems impossible to justify by any kind of theodicy the mere fact that such a race of corrupt beings could have bee...”
“Development means a capacity for self-sustaining growth. It means that an economy must register advances which in turn will promote further progress. The loss of industry and skill in Africa was ex...”
“They implicitly trust that their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are their own, and fail to recognize that they may be channeling someone elses thoughts and feelings.”
“True development only comes when the principles of truth and honesty have been successfully transmitted into the daily and everyday lifestyle of the people.”
