Development Quotes

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Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them-… — John Wooden
We live that our souls may grow. The development of the soul is the purpose of existence. God Almighty is trying to obtain some decent… — John G. Lake
The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The… — Oscar Wilde
To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting… — John Ortberg
To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development… — George S. Patton
Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms. It is these that… — Maria Montessori
While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also… — Dalia Mogahed
The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder… — Jeffrey Sachs
All of the incessant debate about development assistance, and whether the rich are doing enough to help the poor, actually concerns less than 1% of… — Jeffrey Sachs
The rich do not have to invest enough in the poorest countries to make them rich; they need to invest enough so that these countries… — Jeffrey Sachs
We are here because we share a fundamental belief: that poverty, illiteracy, disease and inequality do not belong in the twenty-first century. We share a… — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
There is no beauty like that which was spoiled by an accident; no accomplishments and graces are so to be envied as those that circumstances… — Charles Dudley Warner
The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development. — Alfred North Whitehead
The child's conquests of independence are the basic steps in what is called his 'natural development'. — Maria Montessori
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious… — Maria Montessori
We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism.… — Cesar Chavez
.. free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind. There… — Albert Einstein
I don't think coaches should have to wear mic's. It is an invasion of privacy. We are trying to accomplish things, and wearing microphones may… — Steve Nash
[Misquotation; not by Einstein.] If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. [Apparently remorseful for his role in the development of the… — Albert Einstein

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