Quotes About Growth

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.

Never let the past close your wings to fly today to your future

A half-baked idea is okay as long as it's in the oven.

If you don't create change, change will create you

No one is perfect... that's why pencils have erasers.

Don't waste your youth growing up.

Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterward.

Sometimes I wish I were a little kid again, skinned knees are easier to fix than broken hearts.

A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.

The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.

She (or he!) who plants a seed beneath the sod and waits to see a plant, believes in God

Where but in a garden do summer hours pass so quickly

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.

Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.

The festivals are like a map charting our spiritual progress in God.

Difficulties are stepping stones to success.

The main problem with teenagers is that they're just like their parents were at their age.

Thinking things has been done through the ages; knowing things remains to be done.

Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up.

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

There are no speed limits on the road to excellence.

Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.

To become educated is to move from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.