Cornerstones

Quotations, Various

Cornerstones highlights thought-provoking quotes from notable folks.

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
Andy Rooney

Failure is not fatal, but failing to change might be.
John Wooden

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Oprah Winfrey

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
Maya Angelou

Growth is the only evidence of life.
John Henry Newman

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
Warren Buffett

I'm continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable, it means you're growing.
Ashton Kutcher

No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn and always more to achieve.
Barack Obama

It is never too late to be who you might have been.
George Eliot

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.
John C. Maxwell

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
John F. Kennedy

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
Nelson Mandela

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
Albert Einstein

We find comfort among those who agree with us, and growth among those who don't.
Frank Clark

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