Growth

"Problems call forth our courage and wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn." - M. Scott Peck ...

"Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."                  - Winston Churchill ...

"Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." - William Jennings Bryan ...

"The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally. You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe ...

“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”                - Marcel Proust ...

"Don’t worry about the people in your past. There is a reason why they didn’t make it to your future." ...

"I was born inside the movie of my life.  I don’t remember how I got into the movie, but it continues to entertain me." - Roger Ebert ...

"The only person you have to be better than is who you were yesterday" ...

"Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood" -Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

"When you forgive you in no way change the past, but you sure do change the future." - Bernard Meitzer ...