“It is through solving problems correctly that we grow spiritually. We are never given a burden unless we have the capacity to overcome it. If a great problem is set before you, this merely indicates that you have the great inner strength to solve a great problem. There is never really anything to be discouraged about, because difficulties are opportunities for inner growth, and the greater the difficulty the greater the opportunity for growth.” IfsProblemSpiritualOpportunityGivenGrowsGrowthGreaterCapacityOvercomingDifficultyBurdenSolveInner StrengthProblem SolvingDiscouragedInner Growth Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“We are firmly convinced that private capital, Chinese as well as foreign, must be given liberal opportunities for broad development in postwar China; for China needs industrial growth.” NeedsWellsOpportunityGivenGrowthDevelopmentChinaConvincedChineseBroads Author:Mao Zedong
“All I am asking is that we follow the golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." This is fundamentally a moral issue, not an economic issue. Given what we know now, it is simply unethical to impose risk of grave damage on future generations just so that we can have a few more consumer products today.” KnowsTodayGivenGrowthMoralIssuesRiskGenerationsEconomicProductsAskingGravesGoldenConsumersDamageConsumptionFuture GenerationGolden RuleDo Unto OthersMoral IssuesUnethicalEconomic Issues Author:Ken Caldeira
“The important point is that since the origin of life belongs in the category of at-least-once phenomena, time is on its side. However improbable we regard this event, or any of the steps which it involves, given enough time it will almost certainly happen at least once. And for life as we know it, with its capacity for growth and reproduction, once may be enough.” KnowsMayImportantEnoughHappensGivenSidesGrowthStepsEventsCapacityRegardCategoriesEnough TimeReproductionImprobableOrigin Of Life Author:George Wald
“I believe there are an infinite number of laws of the universe and that all progress or dreams achieved come from operating in a way that's consistent with them. These laws and the principles of how to operate in harmony with them have always existed. We were given these laws by nature. Man didn't and can't make them up. He can only hope to understand them and use them to get what he wants.” MenWayWantLifeBelieveUseDreamLawUniverseGivenI BelieveGrowthNumbersPrinciplesProgressHarmonyInfinitePersonal GrowthInvestingConsistent Author:Ray Dalio
“No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match.” GovernmentGivenNationsGrowthQualityGreaterInnovationManagementRateEdgesEnthusiasmCommerceAccelerateE CommerceDubaiQuality Management Author:Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
“The most outstanding manifestation of negative growth in the spiritual, mental and physical health of the human race through eons of evolution is the pride of place that has been given to Guilt.” HumansHas BeensSpiritualGivenGrowthRacePrideEvolutionNegativeGuiltHuman RaceManifestationOutstandingPhysical Health Author:Zeina
“The game of business used to be like football: size mattered. Then it changed to basketball: speed and agility. Today, business is more like chess. Customer priorities change continually, and the signals given by these changes are vital clues to the next cycle of growth.” TodayUsedNextGamesGivenGrowthChangedFootballBasketballSizeCustomersSpeedPrioritiesChessUsed To BeCyclesSignalsClueAgility Author:Adrian Slywotzky
“If joy and peace and rewards were instantaneously given the doer of good, there would be no evil-all would do good but not because of the rightness of doing good. There would be no test of strength, no development of character, no growth of powers, no free agency, only satanic controls.” IfsCharacterWould BeJoyEvilGivenGrowthDevelopmentTestsRewardsAgencyDoing GoodDoersSatanicFree Agency Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“If you will accept every call that comes to you within the Church, you will grow in a remarkable and marvelous and wonderful way. With responsibility comes growth, and the Lord will magnify you and make you equal to every responsibility which is given you.” IfsWayGivenGrowsGrowthChurchResponsibilityAcceptingLordWonderfulEqualRemarkableMarvelous Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“They [ the government of Puerto Rico] are asking to be given the right to declare bankruptcy, which I think should be an option, as a last resort, if there is no other resource. But there also need to be measures, changes within the government of Puerto Rico, in the ways that the island's funds are administered, not just to deal with this budget issue, but also to have, to attract the economic growth that is necessary for Puerto Rico to begin to grow economically. They are losing population, and they are losing economically.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsShouldGovernmentLastsGivenGrowsGrowthDealsIssuesEconomicLosingResourcesAskingPopulationBudgetsIslandsFundResortsEconomic GrowthBankruptcyPuerto RicoRico Author:Marco Rubio
“Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied down by a tiny little country - Iraq. It's amazing, given the disparity in military economic strength. It's a world where most of the big problems spill over national boundaries, and there are new kinds of actors and we're feeling our way as to how to deal with them.” WorldWayKindLittlesDifferentCountryStatesFeelingsProblemBigsActorsGivenGrowthDealsEconomicMilitaryIraqTinyBoundariesBordersDifferent KindsTiedSpillsBig ProblemsDisparityNational Borders Author:Brent Scowcroft
“We can't know at any given time how God will bless our faithful witness. So the apparent numerical growth of the church is never a good guide to how faithful we have been in evangelism.” KnowsHas BeensGivenGrowthChurchGuidesGods WillWitnessFaithfulBlessEvangelism Author:Mark Dever
“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” LeftGivenGrowthTakenOne DayPhilosophicalStartingDawnSunsetOver ItSunriseDayNew BeginningsCarpe DiemStarting OverNew DayBeginningDuskFresh StartCarpeNauseaNew Day New BeginningDawn And Dusk Book:Essays in Aesthetics Source: Essays in Aesthetics