Quotes About Growth

Just because we have birds inside us, we don't have to be cages.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

One thing I've learned: you never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned.

In an age of specialization people are proud to be able to do one thing well, but if that is all they know about, they are missing out on much else life has to offer.

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.

If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading.

B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life

No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable.

Our abilities and possibilities are at one and the same time very limited and quite infinite dependent on the depth of our relationship to our 'self', others and life itself.

Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray

Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.

Change your life. If you want to get better, that is what you have to do.

Life is to short to be small.

You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?

Our competition in life is solely with our old self.