Quotes About Growth

When I was 7, my dad asked his friend to teach me. I played my first tournament competition when I was 8. I remember I shot around 125.

Life is like carrying a message from the child you were to the old man you'll become, without losing it along the way.

I'm still learning my craft.

It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I'd rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

My mom always told me that the one thing that people make fun of you for when you're little, will be the one thing they'll respect you for when you get older.

we are the whole life that we have lived, its highs and lows, its fortunes and its hardships; we are the sum of the ghosts that haunt us...

Si la ville était une illusion, la campagne serait une émotion sans cesse grandissante ; chaque jour qui s'y lève rappelle l'aube de l'humanité, chaque soir s'y amène comme une paix définitive.

On ne retombe pas en enfance, on n'en sort jamais. Vieux, moi? Qu'est-ce qu'un vieillard sinon un enfant qui a pris de l'âge ou du vendre ?...

An aurora borealis rises over festive orchards; the branches of the trees immediately begin to bud, to blossom, to bend under the weight of their fruit. The child runs through the wild grass, heading for the Wall. It collapses like a big cardboard box, broadening the horizon and exorcising the fields, which extend over the plains as far as the eye can see...Run...And the child runs, laughing all the while, his arms spread out like a bird's wings.

Il est des choses qui nous dépassent. Les contester ne nous mènerait nulle part. Les traquer nous perdrait à jamais. Il faut mettre une croix sur ce qui est fini si l'on veut se réinventer ailleurs.

The stations of life are not places to inhabit. Rather, they are moments of opportunity that will not repeat themselves.

Celui qui se relève de ses faux pas aura gagné l'estime des dieux. De toutes les couleurs qu'on lui en a fait voir, il construira un arc-en-ciel.

El polvo ha cubierto de tierra los huertos, ha cegado las miradas y puesto cemento a las ideas

Oftentimes the child is the father of the man.

A new planting is like having another child, requiring patience and sacrifice and a resounding optimism for the future

All good farmers become connoisseurs of dirt and dust.

Opportunity is born with each new year.

We are not called to be successful in accordance with ordinary standards, but in accordance with a corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying, becoming in that way what it never could be if it were to abide alone.

That's the trouble," Chambers replied. "You have allowed part of your brain to stagnate for want of use." Within a few minutes, Oswald had scribbled out a list of more than fifty books—philosophical

A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.

The person who asks a lot of questions has room for their faith to grow.

The mistake-riddled life is much richer, more interesting and more stimulating than the life that has never risked or taken a stand on anything.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. This kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, clarity, and acceptance of present-moment reality. It wakes us up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments. If we are not fully present for many of those moments, we may not only miss what is most valuable in our lives but also fail to realize the richness and the depth of our possibilities for growth and transformation.