Grow
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Out of difficulties grow miracles.
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity.
Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together.
You will learn more from your failures than your successes — so embrace those mistakes, as difficult as that sounds, and grow from them. When a project is successful, you're never really sure why, because so many elements come into play. However, when you fail, you always know why. That is how you learn and grow.
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.
I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.