Quotes about Growth
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
— George Washington
We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience.
— George Washington
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though limits to our abilities do not exist.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
— Anonymous
Each person on this planet is inherently, intrinsically capable of attaining "dizzying heights" of happiness and fulfillment.
— Wayne Dyer
Grow up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.
— Samuel Johnson
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
— William Saroyan
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
— Anonymous
There is a budding morrow in midnight.
— John Keats
It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection.
— St. Augustine
Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
— Anonymous