Quotes About Growth

At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth.

Seventeen's not a good age. That's when you realize that you have a heart. That's when feelings get in the way of thinking.

There were three terrible ages of childhood - zero to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.

At that age you think boys have as much personality as coat hangers and, you don't notice their looks. Then you grow up.

I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.

Real spiritual growth is always growth downward, so to speak, into profounder humility, which in healthy souls will become more and more apparent as they age.

Years do not always make age.

Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we grow up, we grow out of our haircuts, our apartments and - often times - our romantic decisions.

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.

The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

Eternity becomes more beautiful as we age, if we age well. If we age poorly, then we don't improve our minds; we don't refine all the aspects of our being.

At 68 I'm every age I ever was. I always think of that. I'm not just 68. I'm also 55 and 21 and three. Oh especially three.

As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it.

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell.

The opportunities for infinite possibility exist no matter what age we are.

What a tragedy it was that the only thing age could offer to youth was its own experience, and that the experiences of others were never profitable.

It hasn't been until the last couple years that I've started playing close to my age. But it's fun playing the younger roles because it takes you back to the teen years.

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man.

Children use the fist until they are of age to use the brain.

You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of it's motives.

if you don't want to get old, don't mellow.

I think it's always important to reflect anyway, no matter what age you're approaching or what milestone is in front of you. Reflection should be almost a daily thing if possible.