He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund Burke The Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,266 Thoughts on the Business of Life
Categories: adversary education character development

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.
Julia Cameron The Artist's Way : A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Categories: personal growth character development

Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quite beautiful and extremely hard.
Maya Angelou You Can Make It Happen : A Nine-Step Plan for Success
Categories: pressure stress change character development

Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Donald A. Laird The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: ability talent mentorship leadership encouragement nurture blame criticism growth development

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
Henri Frederick Amiel Words for All Occasions
Categories: age aging old senior citizens elders elderly wisdom understanding development growth change self-improvement

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Robert Half Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations
Categories: leadership mentorship mentoring talent skill developing coaching leading teaching teacher ability potential development