Favorite Quotations ~ Growth

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Growth takes root in small moments — the choice to rise again, the courage to keep learning, the miracle of becoming. 🌱✨ Let these voices remind you that every step forward is a sacred part of your story.

When you see the value of continued growth, the circumstances around you become stepping stones. ~ Clyde M. Narramore

In city, in suburb, in forest, no way to stretch out the arms — so if you would grow, go straight up or deep down. ~ Denise Levertov

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else. ~ John Irving, World According to Garp

Growth always involves the risk of failure. ~ Howard Thurman

Don’t uproot anything which has been planted. ~ Naomi Shemer

Rapid growth is not necessarily the best measure of success. Indeed, it is probably detrimental to most businesses. ~ Mark H. Spohr

Don't bother me, leave me alone/Anyway, I'm almost grown. ~ Chuck Berry

We all had the feeling we could do no wrong. We got carried away by our own growth. ~ William H. Wilson

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. ~ Henry Miller

When you're green, you're growing. When you're ripe, you rot. ~ Ray Kroc

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core strength within you that survives all hurt. ~ Max Lerner