Quotes About Growth

If you think about problems instead of solutions and opportunities, your problems expand.

Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population (increasing at the rate of 75,000 people per year).

Every morning before you get out of bed, say the following: "I expand in abundance, success, and love every day as I inspire those around me to do the same.

One more tip. Gay Hendricks came up with what he calls the "Ultimate Success Mantra" as a good place to start. Every morning before you get out of bed, say the following: "I expand in abundance, success, and love every day as I inspire those around me to do the same.

Whenever you do something that you consider a mistake—like spilling something, tripping, forgetting an appointment, feeling sad, getting angry, or feeling stuck—notice it and congratulate yourself. This is so counterintuitive that it will instantly shift your energy.

Remember…you always have a choice to be better. You always have a choice to…to pick the right path." She smiled sadly. "Even if that choice comes a little late.

You were given a gift. You were given the chance to see who you were, to learn from mistakes, and to change and grow. Few are granted such insight.

The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him.

Sometimes lessons take time to learn.

I am not going to waste time on revenge when my energy is better spent toward rebuilding.

The struggle to grow makes the vine work harder, extending its roots and absorbing elements that make it produce a more interesting fruit.

The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.

So blissful in taking this time for creating all things blossoming new on the horizon ... album, baby & beautiful music to come.

I'm turning 30 years old this year ... it's better than 20, I'll tell you that. The lessons I've learned.

Pain is rewarding, in every capacity.

To the sky, I rise / Spread my wings, and fly / I leave the past behind / And say goodbye to the scared child inside / I sing for freedom, and for love / I look at my reflection / Embrace the woman I've become / The unbreakable lotus in me / I now set free

That overachieving, ambitious, nobody-can-hold-me-down attitude I had, which came from a place of anger and aggression, has transformed into feeling like I will take on the world, but I will do it with an embrace, rather than with my dukes up.

It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business.

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

It is good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure.

All of them fused together to give the tree its solid core. Maybe humans are like that, she thought. Maybe the moments that meant something to you and the people you've loved over the years are the rings. Maybe what you thought you'd lost is still there, inside of you, giving you strength.

You can live for a long time inside the shell you were born in. But one day it'll become too small." "Then what?" I ask. "Well, then you'll have to find a larger shell to live in." I consider this for a moment. "What if it's too small but you still want to live there?" She sighs. "Gracious, child, what a question. I suppose you'll either have to be brave and find a new home or you'll have to live inside a broken shell.

I think of what Mamey told me long ago: there are many ways to love and be loved. Too bad it's taken most of a lifetime for me to understand what that means.