Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Benjamin Franklin

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Ronald Reagan

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.

Brian Koslow

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

Jean Vanier

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!

Mary Anne Radmacher

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Harvey S. Firestone

Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.

Meg Whitman

We find comfort among those who agree with us -- growth among those who don't.

Frank A. Clark

Adversity precedes growth.

Rosemarie Rossetti

Conformity is the jailer of freedom, and the enemy of growth.

John F. Kennedy

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Calvin Coolidge

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Leo Tolstoy

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

Ronald Reagan

Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it 'the first law of personal growth.'

Peter McWilliams

That's not where we want it and there's much more to be done to achieve more growth.

C. Michael Armstrong

Additional capital is required to support Merchants Bank's continuing rapid growth.

Ryan Tsang

So as you increase carbon dioxide, plant growth is actually boosted.

Steve Long

We've been on probably the fastest growth track of any catalog retailer. But we can't keep it up in perpetuity.

John Baumann

We see ourselves having a mid-teens growth rate.

Paul Klaassen

I expect a pretty good growth from HSBC.

Ben Kwong

Relationships flourish, when individuality,freedom and growth are respected.

Master Jin Kwon

Huge organic growth opportunity for Wal-Mart.

John Menzer

The economy will expand by 3 percent from here on out, and we will have growth in jobs of about 100,000 to 200,000 per month, and that's it. Get used to it.

Rich Yamarone

The ability to help businesses deliver SMS communications to their customers easily and cost-effectively is a key factor of our passion and growth.

Gary Brooks

We?re in a good region with a lot of vitality and small business growth.

James Hastings

We're in a zero-price environment. What really allows companies to earn is to cut costs and be in growth sectors of the marketplace.

Patricia Chadwick

It was a phenomenal year for PCs, with growth rates not seen since 2000.

Lillian Tay

They have some big-time clients, like IBM ( IBM ). There's tremendous growth opportunity there.

Charles Kaplan

These changes position us to manage the substantial growth that we are anticipating in 2006 and beyond.

Terry Robinson

The major growth is coming from Gen X.

Jim Abrahamson

The days of rosy sales tax growth have come to an end.

Richard Kessel

Our profit growth was a bit stronger than we expected.

Don Blair

The grape vines are really completely shut down and there is no growth going on. They can sit under water.

Terry Hall

Investors want to see the forecasts for the current fiscal year. They want to see what kind of earnings growth companies are expecting.

Toru Otsuka

As expected in November, growth in the economies of our trading partners has continued to be sluggish.

Don Brash

In Asia, we see growth remaining steady and fast.

David Hensley

We believe this deal with Sagittarius Brands will give Del Taco strong growth opportunities that will benefit the brand, our employees and our franchise community.

Kevin Moriarty

Once a fruit or vegetable has been cut, it can be a better medium for growth of bacteria.

Patricia Griffin

From 1991 to 1995, it was a very successful small-cap growth fund.

Paul Herbert

We expect growth to double that rate in 2006.

Robert Payne

We've had softer revenue growth in North America than we want, ... I expect we're going to do a better job.

Charles O. Prince Iii

Everyone is anticipating the growth and attraction of this market.

David Joyce

For new jobs and more employment, we need stronger growth and we can only achieve that via innovation.

Heinrich Von Pierer

Our aim is to set Turkey fast back to the growth that it deserves.

Kemal Dervis

Anytime you have population growth, there are business opportunities.

Roland Dorson

We are the engines of growth, and we can't afford to see those engines slow down.

Gail Fosler

We expect the corresponding period to March 2006 to show similar growth.

Solomon Makgale

This (growth forecast) means that there's a foundation in the market. It's not spectacular growth but it is growth.

Frans Van Houten

Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.

M. Scott Peck

It can be a growth story, but if you're experiencing a recession, it's still going to be the best performer.

Ariane Mahler

Everybody had a lot of hopes for growth in the company and there were a lot of changes at that time.

Chris Powell

Of course all the growth came without the roads.

Ron Shaffer

I do personally believe the notoriety that the community received contributed to the explosion of growth.

John Harper

It's a very strong result. They're doing exactly what they said they would and keep adding to it. Of course a lot of the growth comes from Vintage.

James Halloran

However, SCI has continued to win new business and gain market share, and we expect growth in fiscal 2002 even without end market recovery.

Gene Sapp

There seems to be, from the last two hurricane seasons, growing concerns out there. We'll have growth, but it may not be as good.

Bud Nocera

They didn't suffer from any diseases or any genetic defects that would account for their stunted growth.

Vincent P. Sarubbi

With Dublin becoming the center of new growth in central Ohio, we don't need this road.

Kevin Griffin

Now, because of the growth in the practice and new clients that have dealings with the city, we found ourselves on a collision course.

Hamilton Osborne

The growth fundamentals really weren't there for the euro. The U.S. has a strong economy, it has high yields and that's good for the dollar.

Steve Pearson

We bought this land in anticipation of future growth and expansion. It's premature for Abbott to make any announcement regarding the future development or use of the land.

Jonathon Hamilton

There's demand in all of the resource stocks. It's going to continue. There's clearly long-term growth.

Brian Tora

We're confident in our strategy of organic growth supplemented by alliances and acquisitions if we see value.

Mervyn Davies

There's tremendous growth opportunity.

Michael Levy

It's all market share gains for Dell. You will not see Dell hint at industry growth.

Brent Bracelin

We have the highest growth expectations we've ever had in 13 years for the next three years.

Steve Walker

There's a general acceptance now that house price growth is a problem.

Denis Casey

Good growth rate, (although) the stock has been knocked down sharply.

David Dreman

Asia is the biggest growth area.

Thomas Enders

We continue to believe that the underlying drivers of productivity growth are turning less favorable.

Jan Hatzius

Alone from base effect, we will not be able to achieve that growth.

Michael Ganal

Bankruptcies are down, deposit growth and credit card income is strong, and delinquencies are down.

Wayne Bopp

The euro rallied from mid-May to early June on the slower U.S. growth story.

Bob Lynch

Sustained job growth speaks well for Texas employers and the Texas economy.

Ron Lehman

We're probably getting closer to overshooting. It's likely that it's going to start to impair economic growth.

Bill Larkin

Most of the production growth now is from gas, and gas is at a much lower price than oil.

Adrian Jackson

There's been a huge growth spurt in branch construction.

Paul Freeman

Can we overtake British Airways? It depends what their growth is. Air France keeps saying they're vulnerable.

Maurice Flanagan

It's a terrific deal, ... It adds legs to Lucent's top line growth.

Paul Sagawa

We still have areas with growth, so if we have surplus teachers we could send them there.

Jane Turner

The applications are numerous. You can use the technologies for economic development to pinpoint where areas of growth are, ... or areas that may be blighted.

Shoreh Elhami

The vaccines business is a key growth driver.

Martin Hall

Activity will be volatile month to month. Our approach to growth is to be very conservative and prudent and opportunistic.

Michael Cosgrove

Whatever they do, they're going to improve on it next year. I'm excited to see their growth.

Matt Centrowitz

The results are generally in line with expectations. But growth in net profit in 2006 will not be as (strong) as in 2005.

Faisal Hasan

We are constantly growing. Our growth will be steady and we will grow as fast as we can get good, qualified people on board.

Jimmy Walker

Growth momentum in Bangladesh's economy has been maintained during this fiscal year.

Thomas Rumbaugh

Those are the areas that we see the strongest growth.

Matt Graves

As we expected, the second half of 2005 is bringing stronger sales and earnings growth.

Sidney Taurel

Its one of those 'Catch-22' things. It will take on its own personality and its own growth from here.

Juanita Hayes

Broadcasters are focused on improving programming in these areas in order to drive advertising revenue growth.

James Peters

Pretty good for a traditional retailer, but for an Internet company, we would expect much faster growth.

Mark Rowen

Display is a large growth engine for Corning in China.

Nitin Kulkarni

Hopefully the airline will be able to expand and we'll have some growth, and bring back our furloughed pilots. That's what we're looking for, is a future.

Don Burnham

The builders do understand that we need continued job growth if they are to sustain the market.

Ted Wilson

The HMT acquisition aligns with the Corporation's cash deployment strategy of acquiring companies that enhance our core focus areas and position us for future growth.

Bob Stevens

Has given me a more positive outlook about the growth of my business.

Andrea Harris

Foreign direct investment is so important to the growth of China's economy that the national government doesn't want to do anything to endanger that.

Clive Jones

China is one of our absolutely top markets; it is a big growth market for broadband.

Niklas Zennstrom

We have an extreme potential for growth. It's hard to predict what this thing will do.

Joe Colwell

Accelerating the growth in life sciences is key to our strategy to becoming a faster-growing, more profitable, less cyclical company.

Charles O. Holliday

We continue to expect significant operating growth in fiscal year 2000.

Thomas Ryder

I see great opportunity for revenue growth for Microsoft coming from the mid market.

Steve Ballmer

If you are going to have growth, why not be sure to put it where you want?

Tim Blixseth

As I have said publicly, I am committed to delivering on the company's quality and compliance objectives back on its growth track.

Richard Jay

As we go into the new year, we have to ask ourselves: 'Can this growth continue, and what is going to happen with Iraq?'

Mark Cliffe

You can't come into a game unemotional and I think we did that. That shows some growth because some of these experiences we're going through are going to help us come district.

Craig Yenzer

There's very strong earnings growth. The company is continuing to grow membership. There's also deceleration in medical-cost trends.

Patrick Hojlo

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.

Mary Sarton

I am not suggesting we should be complacent about the weak statistic for fourth-quarter growth.

Sandra Pianalto

This is obviously a continuation of what we've been seeing, which is strong economic growth and inflation expectations.

Michael Darda

The biggest trend last year was the accelerated growth of the diet sodas.

John Sicher

Significant impacts on the county's infrastructure and ability to plan growth into the future.

Richard Rosenthal

We expect CDV growth to contribute positively to cable [cash flow growth] starting in 2007. We don't expect it [the decline] to continue in 2007.

John Alchin

The headline is the growth percentage in the past two years.

Ruthie Reinert

We would argue Japan is still attractive even though its PE is high because of the growth rate of the E.

Kathy Matsui

I expect growth to be around 7.7 percent in 2005/06. The main drivers will be services and manufacturing.

Saumitra Chaudhuri

We don't want to grow for the sake of growth.

Mike Cox

I think the final growth percentage for this year will start with a 1.

Gerrit Zalm

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

George Eliot

We believe that this richer product mix is where the profit growth is for Dell.

James Schneider

It's feast or famine. Some are getting (sales growth through discounts), some are getting it at full price.

Bob Buchanan

You need to continue to work on your cost element. But you're not going to save your way to growth. You need to develop products.

Richard Clark

We've (reached a) plateau. We are not going to see any more growth.

Michelle Irwin

We've invented a way to grow the film using a slow-growth method.

Yang Yang

When a tree gets transplanted, its growth slows down because it's in shock.

Vincent Simeone

It will have significant growth.

Paul Mcentire

It's hard to blame productivity growth for a lot of manufacturing job losses.

Martin Baily

Historically, big banks are a mirror from a growth perspective of the economies in which they are operating.

Craig Woker

It's a neat community. I'm excited about the growth that's occurring in Little Elm.

Bryan Adams

The details of the revisions also suggest that growth is on a more sustainable footing.

Robert Subbaraman

Matching resources with the pace of the growth in Nevada has always been a challenge.

Tessa Hafen

Growth is more likely to firm modestly from here and it's quite unlikely to ease much further.

Anirvan Banerji

Once again (Comcast) achieved double-digit (operating cash flow) growth and that's a big plus in a sluggish economy.

Jim Boyle

Growth is expected to slow further, with a recession possible.

Robin Clements

Profit growth seems accessible and coherent with economic growth.

Christophe Donay

The biggest challenge is to convince investors that this is a company that can produce consistent top-line and earnings growth.

Michael Steib

This budget reflects the dramatic growth in our county and the commitment we have to our staff and employees.

Thomas Reed

The growth reflects how easy it has become to sell used books and to create inventory in this business.

Jeff Abraham

Investors are concerned about economic growth in the U.S.. We're seeing a bit of disappointment.

Thomas Koerfgen

In a not particularly exuberant environment, this is one area of growth we're capitalizing on.

Thomas Hesse

BOI needs an acquisition to maintain its growth.

David Liston

What we get is diversification for Boston Scientific and growth, and we get that through CRM. Clearly, CRM is the key asset here.

Paul Laviolette

Production is up, sales are up, and all that can exist without job growth.

Stephen Levy

The growth cycle in the industry has ended.

Richard Gussow

We are delighted with the growth of our business and the continued support shown by our clients in the services offered.

Peter Shea

We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected.

Stuart Rose

Relocating has everything to do with trying to handle future growth properly.

Catherine Misko

It's still unclear how Mr. Stringer will create growth, ... If I were to give him a grade, it would be a C plus.

John Yang

Growth will continue. To what degree, we don't know until it's here.

James Avery

This is a very positive number and it augurs well for economic growth. It's a bright spot.

Brian Redican

I saw a lot of growth in the team, a lot smarter basketball, a lot of team work.

Susan Mcwhorter

Detailed planning will follow if the forecast for success in program growth is positive.

Charles Groat

We're prepared for significant growth.

Jeff Bell

In the next two years, our growth would come from our earlier filings. Beyond '08, it would come from the filings we expect to make in the next 12 months.

Raghavendra Rao

We're very pleased with the growth of the independent programs in the metro Atlanta area.

Michael Drake

But there's been a huge percentage growth in direct consumer consumption. Frozen blueberries have gone more and more away from the bakery business to direct consumer sales. There's been a huge growth in dried blueberries as well.

Rod Cook

Atlanta is an extremely hot metropolitan area because job growth is good. The Washington, D.C., area is a very bad market because we have been cutting government workers.

John Tuccillo

I think both in the U.S. and in Europe we are going to have a good first half until the trend in earnings growth peters out.

Anais Faraj

The dollar will continue to be supported by growth and interest rate differentials.

Samarjit Shankar

We anticipate incremental growth because of the recognition the TV program will bring to the academic program.

David Watson

E-commerce is still at an early stage in China, so the growth potential is really huge.

Dick Wei

Both voice and data are going to be huge growth areas. It's a matter of timing.

Don Boerma

Across the board, in terms of customer growth, they beat all of our numbers. Financially, they were strong.

Thomas Eagan

We've seen kind of blase growth since the bottom fell out in 2001; it's nice to see that throughout 2005 we were accelerating.

Brad Nisbet

Samsung can continue to generate profit growth, and earnings this quarter will be positive.

Choi Chang Hoon

Greater clarity regarding this transaction and future growth goals (without the Guidant acquisition) are needed.

Glenn Reicin

The numbers are absolutely terrible. Nokia's clearly not a growth stock.

Casey Ryan

Even though the [economic] growth has been okay in the last few years, there's a concern that this growth is not generating enough employment. This is a phenomenon across the developed world, and also [the] developing world and in Asia too.

Shamika Sirimanne

Our job is to break down those barriers -- whether they are tariff or non-tariff barriers -- because it is essential to our continued economic growth and prosperity.

Jim Mendenhall

Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth.

Anjelica Huston

Our biggest challenge now is funding the program with the growth we're seeing. There's a lot of fruit to be harvested out there.

Joni Diserens

That's based partly on the view that core inflation goes up from here and partly on the view that job growth is strong.

Robert Mellman

It's a cash machine. The company is well positioned for growth in Latin America and Asia.

Jan Leroy

We really seem at a stage where growth is happening in a fairly spectacular way.

Stacy Palmer

We have a 50 percent penetrated market in the U.S. So there's plenty of growth ahead in the MS market.

James Mullen

You can definitely tell the growth of the band and how we've become tighter as musicians and friends.

Cam Grenstiner

The growth in town is just booming. 'It's wild' is the best way I can put it.

John Nunes

We hope investment will slow down because eventually, that growth won't be profitable.

Kent Yau

Each principal has added to the growth very gracefully.

Kathy Kleinmann

If you want to look for capital gain and growth, you've got to look offshore.

Grant Williamson

It is the first time that Dell has exhibited growth below the U.S. market average.

Gartner Inc

The new barges that we designed will have the capacity to meet today's cargo volumes as well as accommodate growth into the future.

Vic Angoco

There's so much growth going on and there's doesn't seem to be any planning.

Darrell Fox

We are just out of space for growth, so we're not able to add additional equipment to accommodate continued growth.

Robert Morrison

We figure we are going to experience 15 years of growth in 15 days.

Joey Durel

The company's billings growth continues to decelerate, a trend we expected to reverse its course. Given that the company's billings directly impact the company's cash flow trends, this deceleration concerns us.

Brad Reback

We've got to go back to the 1970s to get three strong years of 4 percent growth.

Paul Polzin

I believe in growth, but right now I'm feeling terrific growing pains.

Meredith Vieira

Size is the enemy of growth.

Scott Potter

The key growth drivers are all in place.

Tom Kraemer

Over the years, there has been some gradual growth out there causing other schools to become closer to capacity.

Walter Miller

We believe the Fed will only stop when economic growth cools enough to dull inflationary pressures.

Bob Doll

The economy is gaining a little more traction. Demand growth from consumers and businesses is encouraging manufacturers.

John Herrmann

It's important that we have stability in city government to make sure that that growth occurs.

Lawrence Cavallero

Overall credit conditions are already pretty supportive of growth. Their job is not to say 'Let's go for it.

Michael Hood

We have witnessed this year a phenomenal growth in MP3.

Sean Wargo

We've been relying on the housing activity for our economic growth.

Scott Anderson

Gilts rallied, as the BOE minutes had something for everyone. The market may have chosen to focus on the softness of growth.

Richard Mcguire

That's one of those events related to growth that there was no party over.

Bill Merck