Here are some insightful quotes about growth along with their authors:

“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” — James Cash Penney

“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” — Edmund Hillary

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” — Arthur C. Clarke

“Hope is a function of struggle. If we’re never allowed to fall or face adversity as children, we are denied the opportunity to develop the tenacity and sense of agency we need to be hopeful.” — Brené Brown

“We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.” — Michelle Obama

“Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and emerges ahead of his accomplishments.” — John Steinbeck

“I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, and that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire.” — Daphne du Maurier

“I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.” — Dr. Seuss

“I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.” — Anna Sewell

“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.” — Daniel Keyes

“The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone.” — Tupac Shakur

“Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete.” — Paul Kalanithi

“I know that without the suffering, the growth that I have achieved would have been impossible.” — Viktor Emil Frankl

“Investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin

“It is impossible to become the best version of yourself if you do not read, exercise, and meditate.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” — Stephen R. Covey

“Let him who would move the world first move himself.” — Socrates

“You read and write and sing and experience, thinking that one day these things will build the character you admire to live as. You love and lose and bleed best you can, to the extreme, hoping that one day the world will read you like the poem you want to be.” — Charlotte Eriksson

“Too many people reach a level where their performance is ‘good enough’ and then stop working on getting better.” — Gary Keller

“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.” — Kazuo Ishiguro

“Facing the fear of rejection and humiliation is critical for self-growth and no one is ever happy or content until they venture outside themselves to learn what dwells in other people’s hearts.” — Kilroy J. Oldster

“All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“Experiment until you find the thing that matches you like a racehorse.” — Tai Lopez

“The mind is just like a muscle – the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.” — Idowu Koyenikan