Quotes About Growth

It is necessary men should be tried and purged and purified and made perfect through suffering.

We understand nature by resisting it.

Don't waste another moment crying over what went wrong! If it wasn't a blessing - it was a lesson.

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.

There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom.

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it.

When i was 12 all of my friends had girlfriends and i didn't, i felt lonely so i asked my mom to date me.

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.

Repentance is a characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment.

My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.

Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.

Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines.

The grateful heart is not developed in a single moment; it is the result of a thousand choices.

My mom, who gave me my confidence growing up. She's the one that always told me that I could be great and to never stop. And myself. Because I came such a long way.

Mother's love grows by giving.

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up.

I always say every single moment that has led me to this moment has made me who I am.

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

A good mother loves fiercely but ultimately brings up her children to thrive without her.

Growing up I always shopped at Victoria's Secret with my mom and saw Angels like Gisele and Karolina Kurkova in the windows.

I learned a lot from my Mom. My favorite lesson: remember there is no such thing as a certain way to parent and to remember that you are learning along with your child - it's ok to make mistakes.

My parents are the people that led me here. My mom helped me learn to sing and she travels with me.

There is a point when you aren't as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.