“Things should be judged by distance traveled rather than by current position.”

“Personal growth must sometimes be measured by distance travelled rather than by current position”

“While I'm not claiming that I now feel great love for all people, I can state with some confidence that I hate fewer people than I used to. This may seem like a weak claim to personal growth, but sometimes these things should be judged by distance traveled rather than by current position.”

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”

“I am choosing to flow with the current of life rather than lying in a tide pool experiencing the same things again and again.”

“A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.”