Mutual Growth Quotes

This is what marriage is all about - Man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever more a woman, and wherein the woman has the task of helping her husband to become ever more a man.

The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but one who is him/herself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also teach. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow.

The people that matter to me the most are the people that are in my life. That's who I really learn from, and it's always a very personal kind of connection.

I don't want to get ahead at the expense of somebody else. I don't even want to be the center of attention - I mean, yes, I made the movie and I can do all these things, but I don't want to always keep being in the middle of it. I want to collaborate with people and be a part of a creative community. I don't know.

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.

To see my little brother Chandler outdoing me, it's great; I want to be able to cross-market and feed off his star power.

The better the person you're with, the better you're going to be because they're giving you so much more.

The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.

I have long believed that love and will are interdependent and belong together. Both are conjunctive processes of being - a reaching out to influence others, molding, forming, creating the consciousness of the other.

Be with those who help your being.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room. In professional circles it's called networking. In organizations it's called team building. And in life it's called family, friends, and community. We are all gifts to each other, and my own growth as a leader has shown me again and again that the most rewarding experiences come from my relationships.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.

I know that people change. I thought... I thought we're going to change together. I thought that's what it meant to be in love.

In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say, as the blessed souls say in Dante, "Here comes one who will augment our loves." For in this love "to divide is not to take away.

I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people... To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.

Your close men friends should be willing to challenge your mediocrity by suggesting a concrete action you can perform that will pop you out of your rut, one way or the other. And you must be willing to offer them your brutal honesty, in the same way, if you are all to grow.

I hope more women see, at least eventually, that a healthy relationship isn't anything that breaks you down.

The degree to which I can create relationships, which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons, is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.

Marriage helps young couples to raise themselves towards God. The bond of marriage unites two souls so firmly that though they are physically two separate entities, their souls are merged into one harmonious whole.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

I want our pie to grow all the people, but if some other guy's pie is growing a little faster, that's terrific.

When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you.

When we are calling forth the depth and genius of the other, then we grow.

The best piece of advice I've received is find a mentor, but also mentor others. You have two hands, so reach up, look for as many mentors as you can to get where you want to go, but never forget that you have another hand, and you have to reach down and lift others up, too.