Quotes About Growth

I had written the same word seven thousand times attempting to alchemize time.

We held each other's hands and laughed with feigned embarrassment that gradually took hold and became real.

I was never good at jumping in, letting go of one element and embracing another.

I kept getting older while he stayed young, my tiny husband.

Past a certain age, they give up on the name games, which is regrettable for someone like me who loves anything that involves going around a circle and saying something about yourself. I wish there was a class where we could just keep going around the circle, around and around, until we had finally said everything about ourselves.

But Ed [the family counselor] wasn't fazed; in fact, he suggested the dynamic had served each of us well. Something in the way he said this gave me the feeling that the dynamic was moving on, perhaps down the block, where it would serve some other confused family. And we would be left dynamic-less, four people alone with all the wrong feelings for one another.

When I began to write, it was out of fear. I thought I might forget, or pretend to forget, or pretend to pretend, or grow up.

My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.

Doamne, s? avem iertare, Da la noi un oarecare N?scocitor nu s? È™tie În nice-o academie. Acilea toÈ›i nainteaz? Dupe ani, nu dupe vaz?, Dox? ai ori dox? n-ai, EÈ™ti doftor la treij-de ai, La patruzeci înv??at, La cincizeci om luminat, Iar d-agiungi la È™aptezeci La nemuritori tu treci.

CâÅ£iva centimetri, câÅ£iva ani, câteva mii de lei in plus, câteva c?rÅ£i citite în plus, m? rog, lucruri de felul ?sta despart oamenii...

As long as you have not grasped that you have to die to grow, you are a troubled guest on the dark earth".

M? întreb, bun?oar?, dac? nu cumva în ziua când am început s? iubesc nu s-a întâmplat ceva lâng? mine, ceva pe care eu nu l-am v?zut sau pe care nu l-am înÈ›eles È™i prin ignorarea c?ruia m-am abandonat, f?r? luciditate, cu totul iresponsabil, întâmpl?rilor. Te trezesti c? ai devenit ceva, aproape f?r? s?-È›i mai aminteÈ™ti începuturile acestei transform?ri.

Developing a program that will serve you a lifetime is not an instant fix. Attitude shifts take much longer, but when they take, they tend to take for good.

For this reason, three months is the usual time to find your way. But you must enjoy the ride.

We increase our suffering through our attempts to avoid it

aversion to suffering only worsens it.

The heart heals itself when it's open to pain.

The day in school will profit you Its works are for ever.

There is no speedy advance except at its proper time. - Alan Henderson Gardiner

Infants are put out on high ground.

Age iswisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.

A happy thought is like a seed that sows positivity for all to reap.