Quotes About Growth

Respect childhood, and leave nature to act for a long time before you get involved with acting in its place.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you're willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.

JIMMY BEST ON HIS BACK TO THE SUCKERPUNCH OF HIS CHILDHOOD FILES

What was the power that turned the worm into a moth? It was greater than any power the Builders had had, he was sure of that. The power that ran the city of Ember was feeble by comparison...

I have a vested interest in this thing because I want to see you happy. What you need to ask yourself is this: Are you a better person when you're with him? Are you kinder or smarter or happier? Do you think you do more good in the world? One man can be perfectly fine but maybe he doesn't bring out what's good in you, in which case I suggest you not be with him. But if you find a man who makes you better then you need to listen to that.

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

All seasons have something to offer

Don't be afraid of your dark places," Mom told her. "If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.

She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.

What doesn't kill you will make you stronger

everyone who is interesting has a past

Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...

I told Mom that maybe I had made a terrible mistake, but mom said sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

Just remember," Mom said after examining the blisters, "what doesn't kill you will make you stronger." "If that was true, I'd be Hercules by now," Lori said.

People say that when you return to the place where you grew up, it always seems smaller than you remember. ...but I don't know if it was because I had built it up in my memories or I had gotten bigger. Maybe both.

What turns to stone is inside you.

One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Job, chapter fourteen, verse seven," Aunt Al said. " Ã¢â'¬ËœFor there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender shoots will not cease.' 

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Most important thing in life," he would say, "is learning how to fall." *

Don´t be afraid of your dark places, Mom told her. If you can shine a light on them, you´ll find treasure there