Self-improvement Quotes

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

- Abby Wambach

I've found that instability from growth comes in waves.

- Alan Schaaf

Courage means standing next to someone you don't always agree with for the betterment of the country.

- Amy Klobuchar

Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth.

- Anjelica Huston

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

My policy in America is, 'Steady growth is forever.'

- Anthony Pratt

Jobs are the main channel through which people share in - or are left out of - economic growth.

- Arancha Gonzalez

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.

- Audre Lorde

Saudi Arabia has proved to be the growth engine for Wipro.

- Azim Premji

Gains in corporate profits depend in large part on accelerating global economic growth.

- Barry Ritholtz

I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.

- Ben Harper

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

- Benjamin Franklin

I don't care who the president is - it ain't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.

- Big Boi

Twenty-fourteen is all about growth musically and new agendas.

- Big K.R.I.T.

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

- Bill Gates

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.

- Bill Walton

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

- Britney Spears

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

- Calvin Coolidge

Trade is a source of strength and an engine of growth for America.

- Charles Boustany

After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement.

- Chris Pavone

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

- Chrystia Freeland

Our platform emphasizes that a vibrant, free and fair market is essential to economic growth.

- Cory Booker

I believe that our economy is not a one- or two-percent growth economy; I believe it can grow at four percent, and we can revitalize our economy if we do the right things.

- Cyril Ramaphosa

Imagine choosing a job not on money or even on career advancement, but as part of a life worth living.

- Dale Dauten

I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come and the great American players who've been created. Americans want to be number one at everything. And they are at baseball, football, basketball. Soccer is growing fast, and I want to be a part of that.

- David Beckham

What I want is the general betterment of pets. No-kill is a part of that. I'd like to see that policy enacted at all SPCA-type organizations around the country.

- David Duffield

Substantial services growth is core to Boeing's strategy.

- Dennis Muilenburg

I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.

- Derek Fisher

I look forward to being part of the ASUS family and its fascinating growth journey in India.

- Disha Patani

Growth is a stupid goal. So, by the way, is no-growth.

- Donella Meadows

For decades, my research was driven by outstanding problems in macroeconomics: mainly growth theory and employment theory.

- Edmund Phelps

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

- Edward Abbey

All of us want to be better. Human nature is always seeking advancement.

- Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

- Ellen Glasgow

Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

- Ezra Taft Benson

China... has the capacity to ensure its stability and growth.

- Francois Hollande

We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

- Frank A. Clark

For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own.

- Frank Press

Our health underpins our happiness and is a foundation of economic advancement.

- Frans van Houten

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

- Gail Sheehy

We encourage the growth of women's hockey.

- Gary Bettman

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.

- Gary Ryan Blair

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

- George Eliot

Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition.

- George Osborne

Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy.

- George Osborne

We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

- Gerhard Schroder

Growth and comfort do not coexist.

- Ginni Rometty

I just think it's growth when you pursue something you're not sure you can do.

- Gore Verbinski

Think how modern economics presents work. Only labour that contributes to growth counts.

- Guy Standing

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

- H. G. Wells

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

- Henry Ford

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment.

- Henry Louis Gates

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.

- Henry Louis Gates

The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.

- Henry Taylor

The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK.

- Hilary Rosen

You grow up and recognise that in an educated, secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognise in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.

- Hozier

You grow up and recognize that in any educated secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognize in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.

- Hozier

The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will continue to expand people's democracy and build a socialist country under the rule of law in keeping with China's national conditions.

- Hu Jintao

Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.

- Indra Nooyi

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

- Jack Kemp

It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.

- Jack Ma

It is good to kind of put your pride aside for the betterment of the ball club. We are all on board for that, even if you want to go another inning.

- Jake Arrieta

It means that the men who hold the means of life control our lives, and, because we workingmen have tried to get some measure of justice, some measure of betterment, they deny the right of the human being to associate with his fellow.

- James Larkin

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

- James Madison

For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.

- James McAvoy

Curiosity is vital to the growth of our society.

- Janet Mock

We have to find a way that every Coloradan can participate in our economic growth and feel that all the changes that are occurring are working to their benefit rather than their detriment.

- Jared Polis

I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me.

- Jayne Mansfield

Growth is not the end-all-goal of politics, but it is one of the most compelling deliverables.

- Jens Martin Skibsted

You can't be impatient about growth, because that's what leads people to make mistakes.

- Jerry Della Femina

The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.

- Jill Lepore

There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.

- Jill Scott

Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.

- Jim Costa

Our growth rate continues to be staggering.

- Jimmy Wales

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.

- Joel Madden

One cannot have economic growth without security.

- John Bruton

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

- John F. Kennedy

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

- John F. Kennedy

Growth is the only evidence of life.

- John Henry Newman

Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for the betterment of societies and economies at large.

- Jose Angel Gurria

Israel is a producer of growth.

- Jose Angel Gurria

The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in academic literature but also among policymakers globally.

- Jose Angel Gurria

Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

- Jose Manuel Barroso

Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

- Joseph Jarman

It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition sometimes given for religion. It may relate to our actions or to our convictions. In our actions we should aim at goodness; in our convictions, at truth.

- Joseph P. Bradley

My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it.

- Juliana Hatfield

With loss comes growth.

- Julie Foudy

You can't get the growth without the skills.

- Julie Sweet

There is growth. Get out of the past.

- Juliette Lewis

I know if I react, and I want to get mad, and emotions come to the surface, I think quickly of my friends who have died and how they overcame their struggle and used their cancer and their lives for the betterment of mankind, and it sets me back in place.

- Justin Baldoni

Canadians need a plan for jobs and growth.

- Justin Trudeau

The great challenge before the IITs is to act as a catalyst in the growth of quality technical education in the country.

- Kapil Sibal

I don't know that you can put a label on growth. I'm just me.

- Lady Gaga

Different industries have different risks and growth rates and volatility.

- Leon Black

I'm addicted to growth.

- Leslie Odom, Jr.

Just like football, business is a game of inches, where the smallest advancement or advantage can mean the difference between winning and losing.

- Lewis Howes

Stable growth ensures employment.

- Li Keqiang

I learned from my mistakes; I was able to accept the things that were my fault and to be able to grow from that. You have to be able to see growth from your experiences, and I've done that.

- LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.

- Ma Jun

My mother did what all great leaders do: She sparked the growth of future leaders.

- Marillyn Hewson

I've played so many gigs in front of around seven people. It's difficult to keep motivated, but it's all about growth. The love of music kept me going.

- Mark Foster

Once you have a product that you are happy with, you the need to centralize things to continue growth.

- Mark Zuckerberg

Ulta is a great place for our vendor partners to experience growth.

- Mary Dillon

The fitness industry has long thrived off the well-intended coming through their doors and signing up with dreams of self-improvement, only to fade into their couches. Those who stick with it often feel like hamsters on treadmills.

- Mary Pilon

The advancement of coal research will benefit Wyoming, its people, and the coal industry. I fully support it.

- Matt Mead

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

- Maxwell Maltz

Adversity is an opportunity for growth. And an opportunity to really know who your friends are.

- Megyn Kelly

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.

- Michael Huffington

You wouldn't wish hardship on anyone, but when it comes, you would be crazy not to see the huge growth that will come from it.

- Michael Leunig

We have seen economic growth. But we have not seen earnings growth.

- Mike Farrell

Without investment there will not be growth, and without growth there will not be employment.

- Muhtar Kent

I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.

- Mukesh Ambani

Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life.

- Nathan Deal

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

- P. Chidambaram

Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.

- Patrick Lencioni

Simply put, the low-carbon economy is better for growth.

- Paul Polman

Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth.

- Paul Watson

Love dies only when growth stops.

- Pearl S. Buck

An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four.

- Peter Diamandis

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

- Peter Drucker

I am keen to serve one-sixth of the world's population where the miracles of science and technology would multiply manifold for betterment of mankind.

- Pranav Mistry

In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.

- Raghuram Rajan

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as a source of betterment for our world and all of us on it.

- Ramez Naam

I am interested in what I earn; I am interested in my growth.

- Ratan Tata

There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth.

- Ray Dalio

When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up.

- Ray Dalio

What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.

- Reed Hastings

In Florida, we are focused on economic growth and not on things that divide us.

- Rick Scott

There is not an alternative to the US as the engine for growth.

- Rodrigo Rato

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

- Ronald Reagan

Growth hackers don't tolerate waste.

- Ryan Holiday

Growth hacking is the future of marketing. It has to be.

- Ryan Holiday

Some guys milk injuries and miss a couple games at the beginning. Other guys, they tough it out for the betterment of the team.

- Ryan Kalil

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

- Samuel Smiles

Cloud is just emerging, but it's high growth.

- Satya Nadella

There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.

- Seth MacFarlane

I am very active in the co-operative movement. I am very active in agro-industrial growth. I am taking up the issues of the farmers of India. I am active in the field of education.

- Sharad Pawar

Empowering women leads to a more inclusive growth of society and the nation.

- Sharad Pawar

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

- Sheryl Sandberg

We believe infrastructure is key to economic growth, and we will do what we can to develop infrastructure in India.

- Soren Skou

Coming into my second year, my main thing is to show growth - show that I can be consistent and play at a high level all the time.

- Stefon Diggs

I don't work for Club For Growth or Heritage.

- Stephen Fincher

Long-term sustaining growth is a minimum expectation for us.

- Steve Easterbrook

The way to reduce the debt is by economic growth.

- Steve Mnuchin

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

- Stewart Udall

We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected.

- Stuart Rose

As the economy turns, one of the most significant impediments to economic growth is going to be labor availability.

- Thom Tillis

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

- Thomas Reid

I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.

- Thomas Steinbeck

Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens' access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement.

- Tim Holden

What is the engine that drives economic growth in an ideopolis? The university.

- Timothy Noah

Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.

- Tom Barrett

Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no.

- Tom Perez

A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.

- Tom Peters

Education is for growth and fulfillment.

- Tom Robbins

I'm willing to do just about anything to try and contribute to getting us back on a growth path that is just and good for America.

- Tom Steyer

The way a woman or a man handles themselves, at a certain age I can't blame you for the way you act, because somebody didn't bring you up right, and the betterment is why I have a foundation titled Angels and Hearts. That's why I have Trey's Angels: to let women know that they are angels.

- Trey Songz

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

- Vera Farmiga

It's the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity.

- Vint Cerf

Among the world's 500 largest companies, not one has completely relied on its own growth to develop.

- Wang Jianlin

You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.

- Wayne Newton

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

- Wendell Phillips

Growth is a painful process.

- Wilma Mankiller

Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth.

- Winnie Byanyima

Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building.

- Yemi Osinbajo

When you look at the growth of the human economy and its expected growth in the twenty-first century, I expect health will be the most important market of all. Especially as we move from a concept of health which focuses on healing the sick to a concept of upgrading the healthy.

- Yuval Noah Harari