Quotes About Growth

Remembering pain is how you learn never to let the cause of it happen again

The only thing that beats One is two, and three, and four.

Maybe you'll learn something about life beyond Batman.

I put flower buds in a lot of little bottles around the house so I can see the blossoms open everywhere.

Little books can mean big things, baby books are things that you probably might not know.

Keep your small mind open," said Nana, wagging a crooked pinkie finger at Jannie. "That's if you ever want it to grow bigger and don't want to remain a small person all your life.

Yes, I have a very small and mostly nerdy fan club. And much to my amazement, it grows a little larger every day. Apparently, these new recruits liked what they saw of my act on YouTube (even though everybody wishes that doofus blocking the camera had a smaller head).

There comes a point in everybody's life when you realize the stakes have suddenly changed. The carefree ride of your life slams into a stone wall; all those years of merely bouncing along, life taking you where you want to go, abruptly end.

Cuando lees un libro lo suficientemente bueno, de alguna manera has hecho las cosas sobre las que leíste.

Adolescents were the most wretched humans of all.

The secret of imaginary friends. Children have imaginary friends to help guide them into their lives. We help children feel less alone, help them find their place in the world, in their families. But then we have to leave, have to. It's always been that way, and it will always be that way, Jane. That's just... how it works.

Life goes on. It just does, whether we're ready for the next chapter or not. Embrace it.

But after a while, you know, I find it better to face in one direction, in front of you, just let the past lay and get on with it

It's a baby plane," Angel whispered when we first got inside the dollhouse-like interior. "It's going to grow up to be a seven forty-seven someday.

Ray Bradbury had once written that "living at risk is jumping off a cliff, and building your wings on the way down." Sampson

I made a pleasant discovery. You work hard at something eight hours a day, you get better. Not a lot better necessarily, but a little better, and that's just fine, because improving at golf, or anything else probably, is just a matter of making an endless series of tiny improvements.

Even the smallest among us have the potential to add a gigantic amount of energy to this world. And if you don't believe that, first thing tomorrow morning, just look in the mirror.

The more you read, the better you get at it.

have thought so much could change in one summer? Not me, that's for sure. Not my best buddy, Leonardo the Silent. Probably not the folks at Airbrook Arts Community School either. That's where I was supposed to start seventh grade in the fall. Supposed to. You

At the age of six, I wanted to be a cook. At seven, I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

It's just you, your homework, and the homework room. All. Day. Long. I turned thirteen in that room. Winter ended, and then spring came and went. Wars happened. Trees grew. Babies were born and people died.

It's okay to feel that loss. You can visit that place; you just can't live there.

Just as the snake sheds its skin over and over, we must shed our past.

If you've screwed up, admit it and face the consequences. If you've crossed the line, admit it and face the consequences. If you've had lapses in judgment or viewed something with eyes full of prejudice, admit it and face the consequences. "Any other course of action is deception and cover-up, which only makes the consequences worse for you in the long run," my grandmother told me when I was a boy. "Deal with the mess you've made, Alex, and move on.