Growth Quotes

"The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell" "The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind" "A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us" "Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here." "We was young and we was dumb, but we had heart" "They say I've calmed down, yeah, before I was a very live wire, a bad kid. Now, I guess I'm less bad. " "You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills" "Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow" "Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost." "Life itself is a risk and the one who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live." "Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame" "Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow." "Throw dirt on me and grow a wildflower" "You'll be on your way up You'll be seeing great sights You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights" "If a problem cannot be solved enlarge it" "Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up" "Just because you live in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow" "A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age." "How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?" "The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and become fully independent"