Quotes about Growth

Some own up to their past. Some are owned by their past. The wise take what they can from the past and then leave it behind.

They tried to bury us. They just didn't know we were seeds.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain. Some people go to such lengths to avoid pain that they give up on life. They bury their hearts, or they drug or drink themselves numb until they don't' feel anything anymore. The irony is, in the end their escape becomes more painful than what they're avoiding.

Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.

Too many times we lose today's battles because we're still engaged in fighting yesterday's.

The changing seasons of circumstance can melt away stretches of our lives like frost in the warmth of spring.

Love is full of pain and mistakes. That's what makes it interesting and that's why we explore relationships in literature. That whole 'love is never having to say you're sorry' crap is just that, crap. Love is learning how to say you're sorry.

Though adversity is the fertile soil in which the human spirit best grows, we loathe it still. I do not see how it can be otherwise, for no rational being seeks out pain and misfortune. Still, I cannot help but wonder if it is not somehow wrong to enjoy the fruit but curse the tree.

So if she left you because you suck, she still did you a favor." "How is that?" "Because no one is happy living in a sick relationship, whether they're the weak link or the strong one. And if you're the weak link, this is your chance to learn that." "What are you, a marriage counselor?" "No. I'm a weak link.

Regret is a useless emotion.

Sometimes we need the darkness to reveal our light.

I believe that, for the most part, we don't succeed in spite of our hardships but precisely because of them.