Quotes about Development

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

When you start very young and you start to work, you're going to fail. That's how you learn.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.

I played basketball, baseball, and football. I never had much downtime. But I think playing multiple sports helped tremendously in my baseball career. I have the agility of all three combined into one.

Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life.

Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.

Take the pains required to become what you want to become, or you might end up becoming something you'd rather not be. That is also a daily discipline and worth considering.

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

Obsolescence is a fate devoutly to be wished, lest science stagnate and die.

Children are God's homework assignment to parents. We are commissioned to love, teach and train them up for successful adulthood.