Quotes About Growth

We outgrow love like other things And put it in the drawer

We never know how high we are We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies— The Heroism we recite Would be a daily thing, Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a King—

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

Perché nasca una prateria, bastano un trifoglio, un'ape e un sogno. E se non ci sono le api e il trifoglio, può bastare anche il sogno.

Each that we lose takes part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tides.

I GAINED it so, By climbing slow, By catching at the twigs that grow Between the bliss and me.

We never know how high we are, until we are called to rise. And then if we are true to plan, our statures tough the skies.

We never know how high we are until we are called to rise, and then if we are true to plan, out statures touch the skies.

Perhaps this was the point of travel, keeping bits of daily life to ground us while feeling also altogether stretched at the wideness of the world.

travel cracks open the globe, shows us people and forests we would never otherwise experience, but ultimately it must also hold a mirror.

And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things - time and an emotional replacement - to fully mend one.

Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right person for you. That takes some time to figure out

how much have i changed. i was a parent-pleaser, a dutiful friend. i made safe, careful choices and hoped that things would fall into place for me. but i have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. and when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater

Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like.

I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

As everyone applauds and sips champagne, I smile back at Rachel, thinking she got it just right. Love and friendship. They are what makes us who we are and what can change us, if we let them.

Dinner will not be perfect, but I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

We may not get do-overs in life, but we can always have fresh starts and new beginnings.

Everyone has issues. And at the end of the day...you are who you are.

Time heals all wounds, particularly if you pack a bunch of stuff into that time.

He was just the wrong guy for me at the time. Nothing more, nothing less.

I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

That either (a) she uses children to hide her real adult emotions, or (b) she is still a child herself.

And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things—time and an emotional replacement—to fully mend one.