Quotes About Growth

Most of the time you will be the it being let go of.

the more we do for a child the less he will do for himself. If we give him watered-down material, many explanations, much questioning, if we over-moralize, depend on the work book to work the mind, what thinking is left for the child to do?

a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation that helps us to make a painful rite of passage from one phase of life, one state of mind, to another. A novel, like a myth, teaches us to see the world differently; it shows us how to look into our own hearts and to see our world from a perspective that goes beyond our own self-interest.

We should probably all pause to confront our past from time to time, because it changes its meaning as our circumstances alter.

the attempt to become a compassionate human being is a lifelong project.

It was not violence and self-assertion, but the spirit of mercy, courtesy and tranquillity that would cause the ummah to grow, "as a seed that puts forth its shoot and strengthens it and it grows stout and raises straight upon its stalk, pleasing the owners.

I want you to get out a nice note card or piece of stationery and write a letter to yourself. Yes. To yourself. In it, encourage yourself with what you have learned from this journey. What do you need to work on? Why do you need to work on it? What relationships are being damaged or precious time and memories lost because of how you interact with those in your life, whether they are family, friend, or even foe? Spend some time thinking about this and then let your pen and paper do the talking.

we are all wont to make mistakes, but if we learn from each trick, each error, and refuse to allow it to happen again, then the experience is not a loss, but a lifelong gain. Our pride may sting for the moment, but our future will be the better for it.

Life was a hard teacher, but a thorough one.

We have to move forward, sweetheart. And we can't do that if we hold on to what was.

People who really live have a little wear and tear. But that's good. It's what makes us interesting.

We must all run through a storm or two before we reach our destinations.

Change never hurt nobody, child. You know that. It's those who can't or won't change who lose.

Excellent. I feel better already. My lady, you have had a very positive influence over Lord Westerville. He has left the morbid world of Only Black behind and now embraces other colors of the spectrum.

I can turn the fields over, start again. It's sure to rain soon. Wheat's sure to grow.

The blossom opened at midnight, big as a dinner plate. It took only moments to unfold.

And I know now that all the time I was trying to get out of the dust, the fact is, what I am, I am because of the dust.

There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.

The central inner conflict is one between the constructive forces of the real self and the obstructive forces of the pride system, between healthy growth and the drive to prove in actuality the perfection of the idealized self.

Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.

Baby, high school's over. High school's never over..

A quote hung on the opposite wall: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Whoever I was before is no one I ever got to know.

What have you learned? my father asked, and I didn't have the words then, but, in retrospect, the lesson seemed to be that what you accomplish will never matter so much as where you fail.