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    "Oh! what a vile and abject thing is man unless he can erect
    himself above humanity." Here is a bon mot and a useful desire,
    but equally absurd. For to make the handful bigger than the
    hand, the armful bigger then the arm, and to hope to stride
    further than the stretch of our legs, is impossible and
    monstrous. . . . He may lift himself if God lend him His hand of
    special grace; he may lift himself . . . by means wholly
    celestial. It is for our Christian religion, and not for his
    Stoic virtue, to pretend to this divine and miraculous
    metamorphosis.

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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

by Irish Sayings Found in: Growth Quotes,
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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be read more

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.

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But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; read more

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God
which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

by Bible Found in: Growth Quotes,
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We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

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The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Growth Quotes,
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A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above
himself in spirit.
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A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above
himself in spirit.
[Lat., Amator Jesu et veritatis . . . potest se . . . elevare
supra seipsum in spiritu.]

by Thomas A. Kempis Found in: Growth Quotes,
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Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and read more

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

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Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch
At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;
Keep clean, be read more

Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch
At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;
Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch,
Till the white-wing'd reapers come.

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