Quotes About Growth

How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively. 'You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,' Piglet replied. 'You mean to die?' asked Pooh. 'Yes and now,' he answered. 'What looks like you will die, but what's really you will live on.

Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly.

By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment.

That which does not break you leaves cause for celebration.

The best gift we can give other people is our whole selves in truth. By doing so we give them a true and accurate mirror that allows them to see themselves. We also give ourselves the best opportunity to grow.

When Green Buds Hang in the Elm Like Dust When green buds hang in the elm like dust And sprinkle the lime like rain, Forth I wander, forth I must, And drink of life again. Forth I must by hedgerow bowers To look at the leaves uncurled, And stand in the fields where cuckoo-flowers Are lying about the world.

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible, and however long we read, we shall never come to the end of our story-book." ( Introductory lecture as professor of Latin at University College, London , 3 October 1892)

Her character, Mr. Wogan, is a tender and delicate plant. It will not grow under glass, but in a dark room, where I believe it flourishes most invisibly.

My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.

It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

El amor es como una planta o un animal. Vive y se desarrolla. Nace, crece, envejece y muere.

Cuando se ama no se razona. Cuando se razona parece que no se ama. Cuando se razona después de haber amado, se comprende por qué se amaba. Cuando se ama después de haber razonado, se ama mejor. He aquí el sendero del progreso de las almas

To know all is an impossible dream; but woe unto him who dares not to learn all, and who does not know that, in order to know anything, one must learn eternally!

Todos os dias sob todos os pontos de vista vou cada vez melhor.

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

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

Penser, c'est aller d'erreur en erreur.

Je n'étais encore qu'un enfant. Mais je n'ai rien oublié. — Vous oublierez. La vie est ainsi faite.

I miei figli non giocano. Cosa fanno? Si preparano ad attraversare la vita. Dico: Io la vita l'ho attraversata e non ho trovato nulla.

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

People should draw lessons from the past, but those who look constantly behind themselves will get nothing more than a sore neck and a good view of their backsides

people should draw lessons from the past, but those who constantly look behind themselves will get nothing more than a sore neck and a good view of their backside.