Quotes About Growth

What happens when we're willing to feel bad is that, sure enough, we often feel bad - but without the stress of futile avoidance. Emotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests, and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes parts of us away and deposits treasures we never imagined.

When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'

The place where I grew up is the center of surfing. Everyone who grows up on the North Shore surfs, and from October to March, you have the best waves in the world within a 5- to 7-mile stretch. I grew up in the center of these incredible sunsets and all these incredible waves. And then we have the Triple Crown of Surfing.

I caught every wave I wanted and I fell in love with big waves at 16 years old. Then it just was bigger and bigger from there.

I know that when you are experiencing failure, it's pretty damn painful. It is easy in retrospect to wax poetic about it. But in the moment, you don't think you will survive, let alone have the time to reflect on how valuable those lessons will be for you in the future.

Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.

Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

Asking questions is the first way to begin change.

When it comes to your partner, you have to choose the right person, knowing you can live with them for the rest of your life, learn from each other and grow in every way.

In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.

Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.

We know we are on the right path. Our journey is not finished, but we have come a long way.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don't make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way.

A new era doesn't come from nothing. New thoughts, values and methods will be established after overcoming various hurdles on the way.

If you stand still there is only one way to go, and that's backwards.

Everyone makes mistakes; it's about the way you respond to it that's really important.

I believe that rejection is a blessing because it's the universe's way of telling you that there's something better out there.

Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.

It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.

I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.