Quotes About Growth

Part of being an adult, someone told me once, is accepting your parents as they are, with all their failings.

He seemed so far away and suddenly so independent. She couldn't believe the time had finally come for him to leave for college, and she still looked depressed the next day at work.

gathering wholesome young people around her.

accept him now, it won't be a betrayal, it will be a blessing for

there. I think he must have come to hate

How much of a "story" would

they had grown up, their time had come. And best of all, it was real. To my beloved children, Beatie, Trevor, Todd, Nick, Sam, Victoria, Vanessa, Maxx, and Zara, May all your fairytales be real, May evil never touch you

Never be afraid of change" and "Don't get stuck in a rut just because something has always been done a certain way.

I think you pay a price for taking the easy way out.

The grapes he grew were living beings to him, to be cherished and nourished and protected. And he felt the same way about his wife. He cherished her like a precious gift, and she blossomed and thrived in the warmth of his love, and loved him just as deeply.

years overnight. Maybe he had

Tu vas bientôt découvrir que dans la vie, on n'est jamais arrivé. Et que lorsqu'on pense que, ça y est, on peut souffler cinq minutes, un nouveau défi survient

E il principe notò subito che la persona che tornava a casa era completamente diversa da quella che era partita. Adesso sua figlia era una donna, non più una ragazzina. Aveva amato e vissuto e lavorato, ed era cresciuta. E la bellezza dell'Africa le si era insinuata nell'anima.

Às vezes quando as piores coisas acontecem, você não sabe ainda, mas na verdade estão abrindo espaço para coisas maravilhosas na sua vida.

Probably some of the best things that have ever happened to you in life, happened because you said yes to something. Otherwise things just sort of stay the same.

Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't know and is therefore indefinable; something which could very easily have been the best thing in our lives, if only we'd taken the plunge, if only we'd held our breath and stood up and done it, if only we'd said yes.

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.

The only time you have no opportunities is when you decide to stop taking them.

all mothers have to learn that—to let go of their children.  It always hurts, and then you reach that point where you have to let go of yourself, too.  Let go of yourself as a mother. That part is a surprise

I wonder how many more penises I'll have inside me in my lifetime.

The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses.

Things don't go away. They become you.

I have come to love you in spite of--- Do I want to be loved in spite of?...Does anyone?

The fear of creative destruction is the main reason why there was no sustained increase in living standards between the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions.