Quotes about Growth

She had the distinct impression that something was beginning and something was ending; there were just so many days like this left to them. Before they knew it, time would speed up and the future would appear on a street corner or in a park, and there they'd be, grown women who'd forgotten how long a summer could last.

The nature of this flower is to bloom.

To love someone over many years is all the opportunity you need to learn how to love them back from anywhere.

The little I knew about my own self wouldn't have filled a thimble!... But one thing I do thank her for, for teaching me to learn for myself, by reading and studying and writing a clear hand. And for keeping alive in me somehow the desire to know.

However, loving is nothing if it is not an education...

I guess this is because they teach me, and I teach the children and there's no beginning or end to teaching and learning and working—it all runs together.

We all have to start somewhere if us want to do better, and our own self is what us have to hand.

If you know your heart sorry, I say, that mean it not quite as spoilt as you think.

hadn't realized I was so ignorant, Celie. The little I knew about my own self wouldn't have filled a thimble! And to think Miss Beasley always said I was the smartest child she ever taught! But one thing I do thank her for, for teaching me to learn for myself, by reading and studying and writing a clear hand. And for keeping alive in me somehow the desire to know.

What I love best bout her is what she been through, I say. When you look in her eyes you know she been where she been, seen what she seen, did what she did. And now she know.

God's desire is that we excel.

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.