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 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be read more 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. 
 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.] 
Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded.
Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded.
 A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above 
himself in spirit.
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 A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above 
himself in spirit.
 [Lat., Amator Jesu et veritatis . . . potest se . . . elevare 
supra seipsum in spiritu.] 
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
He who moves not forward, goes backward
He who moves not forward, goes backward
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
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.
 Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
 As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
  If, rising on its wrecks, at last
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 Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
 As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
  If, rising on its wrecks, at last
   To something nobler we attain.