“There is an herb named in Latine Convolvulus (i.e. with wind), growing among shrubs and bushes, with carrieth a flower not unlike to this Lilly, save that it yeeldeth no smell nor hath those chives within; for whitenesse they resemble one another very much, as if Nature in making this floure were a learning and trying her skill how to frame the Lilly indeed.” IfsTryingGrowingWindFlowerSkillsSmellHerbsShrubs Author:Pliny the Elder
“There is a strange fact about the human mind, a fact that differentiates the mind sharply from the body. The body is limited in ways that the mind is not. One sign of this is that the body does not continue indefinitely to grow in strength and develop in skill and grace. By the time most people are thirty years old, their bodies are as good as they will ever be; in fact, many persons' bodies have begun to deteriorate by that time. But there is no limit to the amount of growth and development that the mind can sustain. The mind does not stop growing at any particular age.” PeopleWayYearsMindHumansPersonsDoeFactsBodyAgeGrowsGrowthGraceGrowingParticularStrangeDevelopmentAmountSkillsLimitsThirtyHuman MindThirty YearsDifferentiateThirty Years Old Author:Mortimer Adler
“You know, people like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government creates jobs. And one of the best things we can do is get the government out of the way, put in reign in all the out of control regulations, put in place and all of the above energy policy, give people the education, the skills that the need to succeed, and lower the tax rate and reform the tax code.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsGivingGovernmentJobsAmericaEnergyGrowsCan DoEconomyGrowingPolicySucceedSkillsTaxesClintonRateReformCodeBest ThingsRegulationReignEnergy Policy Author:Scott Walker
“My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world.” WorldPlayInspirationKidsGamesGrowing UpGrowingSkillsBasketballFellowsTreasureAround The WorldNativeDedicationCarolinaLemonsNorth CarolinaHarlemNational TreasureWilmingtonGlobetrottersMeadowlarks Author:Michael Jordan
“I love love. Growing up, I always thought it was a state, and I'd wait for it to appear. Now I think it's an activity, a skill, something you strive to create. A constant conversation between emotion and imagination and flesh.” ThinkingStatesWaitingImaginationEmotionGrowing UpGrowingActivitySkillsConversationConstantStriveFlesh Author:Greg Saunier
“When I find myself having to share a meal with someone who simply wants to complain about the world, I almost feel myself wanting to crawl out of my skin and just sort of scurry away. But being able to pick up on that stuff and being able to easily identify the people walking towards the light instead of walking towards the darkness, that's a skill I'm very, very glad to see growing in myself.” PeopleWorldWantFeelsLightAbleStuffDarknessGrowingShareWalkingSkillsPicksSkinsComplainingGladMeals Author:Amanda Palmer
“London has always been open to trade, people, ideas. We have to keep that. I want to compete not just with New York, Paris, Berlin... the ten fastest growing cities in the world are in China. How do we compete with them? We have to attract investment and we have to compete on skills.” PeopleWorldWantIdeasCitiesGrowingNew YorkTenSkillsTradeInvestmentChinaLondonParisBerlinCities In The World Author:Sadiq Khan
“All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing and not moving toward excellence.” IfsKnowsLifeLongIdeasMovingEducationLearningGrowingSkillsExcellenceInsightLong LifeLearnersAchieverTeaching LearningNew SkillsLearning New Skills Author:Denis Waitley