Quotes About Growth

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. —ANNE BRONTË, "The Narrow Way

If there's nothing to learn because we know it all, what's the challenge, why would the effort matter, what would be the point.

that she would have steadied him, that with her he would have found greater intellectual and emotional depths in himself than he would ever discover alone.

You could live a thousand lives through stories—and learn to shape your own life into a story of the best kind.

the rejection hurt.

Roots like an oak tree, Barney." He

Ultimately, failure can be the father of success if one learns from the errors made.

we're finally getting a little wisdom when we're able to see that even loss can be beautiful if it makes us love more the things we haven't lost.

You start with a darkness to move through but sometimes the darkness moves through you.

Our pain can be our greatest teacher. It leads us to places we'd never go on our own.

It's really quite simple: if we want our lives to be different, all we have to do is make different choices.

Challenge the person you think you are in order to unveil the person you are capable of becoming.

the grass wasn't greener on the other side of the fence; it was greener where it was watered.

we all lose a stitch now and then. Just like life, don´t you think?

We all make mistakes. The key is learning from those mistakes and not repeating them.

The challenge is to learn from those mistakes so we don't repeat them.

Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

Everyone made stupid mistakes, no matter what their age. The key was growing from the experience, becoming wiser and smarter.

for every loss there is an equal or greater gain. Often humans have to search for it, though.

When Addie had signed up for this course she'd been determined to do whatever it took to get through with a passing grade. She hadn't expected to enjoy it or even learn from it. Yet the novel they were studying was filled with life lessons that seemed to apply directly to her.

Guide to Moving On. The first item on that list was: Don't allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others.

A Guide To Moving On: 1) Don't allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others. 2) Cultivate new friendships. 3) Let go in order to receive. 4) Love yourself. (Loving myself meant eating, sleeping, and exercising - taking care of myself emotionally and physically. It meant taking care of myself spiritually, too.)

She kept thinking about their meal at Zorba's. The recipes were the same as they'd been years ago, but the experience wasn't.

What a shame that he pushed people and relationships away. With a personality transplant he would have the potential to be more than eye candy.