Quotes About Growth

I'm not an idiot! I'm just twelve. I'm a twelve-year-old girl and neither of those facts are my fault.

And I remembered with a pang what had happened to me the previous summer - that even Gallagher Girls aren't always as strong as they need to be.

to know a piece of grass, you've got to see the ground that grew it. Maybe that's why I remember every detail of that night, every inch of ground we covered, as I followed Zach to the place that had made him, seeing them both with fresh eyes.

Alexei has known me for most of my life. And he still sees me as a child. But t could be worse,I realize. He could see what I turned into.

Even though Kate had only known Hale for a little more than two years, she had seen him in a lot of situations.

You know, it's okay to admit a little weakness now and then, Cammie. It won't kill you. In fact, I hear it makes you stronger.

I know too well how dangerous hope can be, how it grows and sometimes dies, taking its host with it.

Katarina Bishop was a criminal. But she'd never held a gun. She'd never thrown a punch. Until that moment she didn't really know how it felt to hurt someone, and as soon as she saw the look on Hale's face, she wanted to take the words back. And she wished she could make them hurt more. Both.

We are students of a twelve-year-old ninja. And we have a lot to learn.

All grown up and breaking hearts…" She raised her eyebrows. "And rules.

I wondered if I had ever been that small. I saw the innocence in their eyes, and I knew somehow that I would never feel that way again. I'd seen too much - I knew too little.

A new feeling coursed through me—relief. I felt…like a girl. Like I didn't know all the answers and that was okay because I still had time to learn them.

Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through to learn.

It is Pau-kala. The branch is still bare. The old tree's leaves will never return - they are a memory and a song. But there is a sapling, there is a sapling right beside that old tree, and it's trembling with promise. There will be a spring again.

Todo me dolía hasta que me cansé también de eso, porque con el tiempo, el dolor aburre

Mírame, Malena, y escúchame. He vivido casi medio siglo, he pasado

Descubrí que el sexo podía ser sano, limpio, libre, adulto, madduro, razonable, trivial, eso fue lo peor, pero también me acostumbré a esa pobreza.

God is more interested in making you holy than popular. He is more interested in developing your character than making your life easy.

Life is a delicate dance between holding on and letting go, finding balance in the ever-changing rhythms of existence.~ Aloo Denish

The greatest adventure lies not in discovering new lands, but in discovering the boundless potential within yourself.

Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being cheated.