Quotes About Growth

All happiness is built upon small efforts.

Quando si diventa adulti, uno finisce per rendersi conto che ha un tetto sulla testa, ovvero un limite. Man mano che passano gli anni, la testa s'avvicina al tetto, e uno vede chiaramente anche le macchie e la sporcizia. Forse non riuscite ancora a comprendere questi nostri sentimenti. Perciò al momento le vostre potenzialità sono illimitate. Perché sopra di voi s'estende il cielo infinito […]

You can never love the same way twice

Even love matures. It's like a flower. Cherish it while it blooms.

Since the day I first met you, you've given me so many precious things. If I hadn't met you, I would never have become the person I am today.

I'm who I am now because you've been with me.

You shouldn't always take the path of least resistance. It can become a habit.

evolutionary terms, failure is its prerequisite, frustration its generator.

Can you become a man without becoming your father?

ty var människas handstil förändras oavbrutet, en liten smula vart år, kanske omärkligt för henne själv, men lika oundvikligt och säkert som ansiktet, hållningen, rörelserna, själen.

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.

the end of reading is not more books but more life

I think of his riddle. How do people like us take off our armor? One piece at a time.

I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have.

You didn't get what you deserved, but you don't have to live inside that one story forever. No one's heart has to remain stone.

Boys change. And so do stories.

How will I know when I've learned it, since I don't know it now?" he asks. The question sounds like a riddle. "Come back when returning feels like a hard choice instead of an easy one," I answer finally.

Every child needs a tragedy to become truly interesting.

To remind me, pain is the best teacher

Love changes us, but we change how we love too.

If you want my advice," he says slowly, "love doesn't grow well, fed on pain. Grant me that I know that at least.

We may not die from age, but we grow weary with it.