Quotes About Growth

Quien desea de corazón ser mejor, tiene medio camino hecho

Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them.

hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally

I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end

Nunca, hasta que sea vieja y no pueda moverme más que con un bastón. No intentes hacerme crecer antes de tiempo Meg; bastante duro es ya verte cambiar a ti de repente. Déjame ser niña todo el tiempo que pueda.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault

never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault

El amor es planta que arraiga en todos los suelos, que se desarrolla sin miedo a las heladas del otoño o a las nieves del invierno, y que florece siempre, perfumando y bendiciendo así por igual a quienes lo otorgan y a quienes lo reciben.

For the time had come when they could talk together not only as father and daughter, but as man and woman, able and glad to serve each other with mutual sympathy as well as mutual love.

Laurie's heart wouldn't ache. The wound persisted in healing with a rapidity that astonished him, and instead of trying to forget, he found himself trying to remember.

No eran conscientes de que las dificultades sirven para poner a prueba el carácter.

Los corazones al igual que las flores no se pueden abrir por la fuerza, que tienen su propio ritmo.

And I've succeeded beyond my hopes, for here you are, a steady, sensible businessman, doing heaps of good with your money, and laying up the blessings of the poor, instead of dollars. But you are not merely a businessman, you love good and beautiful things, enjoy them yourself, and let others go halves, as you always did in the old times. I am proud of you, Teddy, for you get better every year, and everyone feels it, though you

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.

Of course it was uphill work at first, and Jo made queer mistakes, but the wise Professor steered her safely into calmer waters

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship

ought to have read more, for I find I don't know anything, and it mortifies me.

when I seemed most like a child I was learning to be a woman.

No soy paciente por naturaleza, pero tras cuarenta años esforzándome estoy aprendiendo a no dejar que la ira se lleve lo mejor de mí.

A fellow can't live on books

It's my dreadful temper! I try to cure it, I think I have, and then it breaks out worse than ever. Oh, Mother, what shall I do? What shall I do?" cried poor Jo, in despair. "Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault," said Mrs. March

It's highly virtuous to say we'll be good, but we can't do it all at once, and it takes a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together before some of us even get our feet set in the right way.

Don't try to make me grow up before my time.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship