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Quotes of the Day for 17 February 2005 - Growth

Thomas Robert Malthus was born at Dorking, Surrey, England on this day in 1766, an economist best known for being completely wrong about growth and limits. "An Essay on the Principle of Population" published in 1798 argued that as population grew our resources would run out and we would starve, a theme taken up by others over the years. The truth of the matter is that human genius, while haring off in the wrong direction from time to time, has led to a global per capita increase in resources and goods.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.
     - George Shinn

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name it.
     - Harold S. Geneen, 1910 - 1997

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
     - John Calvin Coolidge, 1872 - 1933

If growth and progress are what we need to get out of our crisis,then it will be found not through managerial attitudes but through the release of talents...
     - John Ralston

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
     - Mortimer Adler, 1902 - 2001

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
     - Karen Kaiser Clark

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