“We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Variant: We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Source: Leadership Is an Art
“We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
“We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
Familiar Studies of Men and Books http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext96/fsomb10.txt (1882).
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. (1929–2013) Canadian-American businessman
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/muslims-also-deserve-respect-1.180300.
Nycole Turmel (1942) Canadian politician
NDP will choose new leader in March http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/09/09/pol-ndp-federal-council-rules.html, September 9, 2011.
“Discipline is important, we need to be more focused on what we put into our bodies.”
Erykah Badu (1971) American neo-soul singer
From the documentary Holistic Wellness for the Hip-Hop Generation (2003); quoted in "Common, Sticman, Badu Featured In New Health Documentary" https://allhiphop.com/2003/08/13/common-sticman-badu-featured-in-new-health-documentary/, AllHipHop (13 August 2003).
B.K.S. Iyengar (1918–2014) Indian yoga teacher and scholar
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 6
“What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952) Malaysian politician
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2018) cited in " Wan Azizah reiterates plan to step down once Anwar becomes PM https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/09/412288/wan-azizah-reiterates-plan-step-down-once-anwar-becomes-pm" on New Straits Times, 17 September 2018
Edward Albee (1928–2016) American playwright
As quoted in Unleashing Intellectual Capital (2000) by Charles Ehin, p. 99