Quotes About Growth

If we spend too much time reliving the past, it gets us nowhere." "That's where I am, Rafe. Nowhere.

My breaths shuddered, still hot in my chest. I knew I had made a big mistake, but it was a glorious one, and I wanted to make it over and over again. But there was something in his eyes, something genuine and earnest and true that made me pause. This was more than just making the best of it, this was something taking root, a seed being planted. But it was a seed that couldn't be planted.

When we lose a battle, we have to regroup and move forward again. Choose an alternate path if necessary. But if we dwell on every action we've taken, it will cripple us, and soon we'll take no action at all.

I used to be someone.

There are all kinds of friends you make in life... But there's something different about someone who spreads their wings with you.

He was a habit in my thoughts, not any more welcome than a rash, but I'd find myself thinking of him before I even realized what I was doing. Banishing him from my thoughts was like learning to breathe in a new way. it was a conscious effort.

I suppose you're right about some perspectives. Just a few weeks ago, I thought you were a dickhead.

I was becoming stronger in some ways but weaker in others.

It's other people who make us wise, and I haven't known nearly enough.

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . .

The seed of the gift may come, but a seedling that isn't nourished dies quickly.

Sometimes we're all pushed to do things we thought we could never do

Some scars took longer to heal than others, and some scars, I knew, were necessary. Some things you should never forget.

It may not seem like it now, but you´re stronger today than you were yesterday. Tomorrow, you´ll be even stronger.

A family's not a puzzle with a set number of pieces. It's more like a well—the fuller, the better.

and I wondered at the way we all change, all the outside forces that press and mold and push us into people and things we hadn't planned to be.

I see Jenna, smiling, chattering. And failing. When you are perfect, is there anywhere else to go?

It's just supposed to come, isn't it?" "Did your reading just come to you? Or did you have to devote effort to it? The seed of the gift may come, but a seedling that isn't nourished dies quickly.

And as high as the trees stretched, the roots reached to the foundations of the earth.

If we spend too much time reliving the past, it gets us nowhere,

Even we are guilty of not nurturing gifts, and the gifts that aren't fed shrivel and die.

If I had been shipped off to Dalbreck, there are valuable things I never would have learned.

He was too young to begin losing himself.

rain is both a friend and foe, depending on when it comes.