People travel to wonder

at the height of the mountains,

at the huge waves of the seas,

at the long course of the rivers,

at the vast compass of the ocean,

at the circular motion of the stars,

and yet they pass by themselves

without wondering.

-

Augustine of Hippo

Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.

_

Ibn Khaldun

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

-

Maimonides

The shy man will not learn; the impatient man should not teach.

-

Hillel the Elder

Who does not grow, declines.

-

Hillel the Elder

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

-

Laozi

To find yourself, think for yourself.

-

Socrates

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

-

Aristotle”

Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.

—

Ovid

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it. Rather, it’s that we aim too low and we reach it.

-

Michelangelo

Treat yourself as you are, and you will remain as you are. Treat yourself as you could be, and you will become what you should be.

-

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

-

Viktor E. Frankl

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

-

Albert Einstein

We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

-

Oprah Winfrey

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

-

Albert Einstein

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.

-

Rumi

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

-

Jean Vanier

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

-

albert einstein

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

-

abraham maslow

What we think, we become.

-

Buddha