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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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We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

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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.

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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and read more

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

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Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

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'Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd,
Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.

'Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd,
Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Growth Quotes,
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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

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

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Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.

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

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

by Frank A. Clark Found in: Growth Quotes,
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Treading beneath their feet all visible things,
As steps that upwards to their Father's throne
Lead gradual.

Treading beneath their feet all visible things,
As steps that upwards to their Father's throne
Lead gradual.

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