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    "Oh! what a vile and abject thing is man unless he can erect
    himself above humanity." Here is a bon mot and a useful desire,
    but equally absurd. For to make the handful bigger than the
    hand, the armful bigger then the arm, and to hope to stride
    further than the stretch of our legs, is impossible and
    monstrous. . . . He may lift himself if God lend him His hand of
    special grace; he may lift himself . . . by means wholly
    celestial. It is for our Christian religion, and not for his
    Stoic virtue, to pretend to this divine and miraculous
    metamorphosis.

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But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; read more

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God
which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

by Bible Found in: Growth Quotes,
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The great world's altar stairs
That slope through darkness up to God.

The great world's altar stairs
That slope through darkness up to God.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Growth Quotes,
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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less read more

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

by Irish Sayings Found in: Growth Quotes,
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Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the read more

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

by Jorge Luis Borges Found in: Growth Quotes,
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Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

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The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Growth Quotes,
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Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail
of a calf.
[Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! read more

Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail
of a calf.
[Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia retroversus crescit
tanquam coda vituli.]

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