Quotes About Growth

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers

Life isn't about waiting on the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Con los años no es que se profundice lo peor de uno, sino que por fin sale a la luz.

Creo que cada uno de nosotros llega a la verdad que puede tolerar. Y, parado allí, no se atreve a dar otro paso. Es un límite que pone nuestro propio instinto de conservación.

you only know something once you've experienced it in your life, life is our greatest test.

Ya no se trataba de volver de un viaje concluido al lugar de partida, tenía la sensación de que no volvería nunca a ser quien había sido.

Uno recién sabe frente a la vida, la vida es la gran prueba de nosotros mismos.

Did you win? he asks. It wasn't a match, I say. It was a lesson.

She has grown up, another decides, as if responding to the injustice of racism is childish and her previous demonstration of emotion was free-floating and detached from any external actions by others.

And as light as the rain seems, it still rains down on you.

Yes, and this is how you are a citizen: Come on. Let it go. Move on.

It was a lesson.

But I still have questions, and the way to get answers is to bear her corrections.

I wasn't really eight anymore. The day you know danger and fear, and know that you are alone, is the day you grow, if not up, then old.

The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall.

You can teach a student a lesson for a day but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

I had thought the destination was what was important, but it turned out it was the journey.

In order to really find happiness, you need to continue looking for opportunities that you believe are meaningful, in which you will be able to learn new things, to succeed, and be given more and more responsibility to shoulder.

Because if the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you'll never become that person.

the only metrics that will truly matter to my life are the individuals whom I have been able to help, one by one, to become better people.

Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning.

Disruptive technologies typically enable new markets to emerge.

Indeed, while experiences and information can be good teachers, there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn on the job. You don't want to have to go through multiple marriages to learn how to be a good spouse. Or wait until your last child has grown to master parenthood. This is why theory can be so valuable: it can explain