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Thursday, 15 May 2008
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"A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind." (Beecher, Henry Ward - Tools)

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Browse Quotations about Growth

A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top.
Close scrutiny will show that most crisis situations are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
Every phase of evolution commences by being in a state of unstable force and proceeds through organization to equilibrium. Equilibrium having been achieved, no further development is possible without once more oversetting the A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet. Whosoever acts spoils it. Whosoever keeps loses it.


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