Growth Quotes

"You grow through what you go through."

- Tyrese Gibson

"We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve."

- Bill Gates

"Children are not things to be molded but are people to be unfolded."

- Jess Lair

"The bee’s life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water"

- Karl von Frisch

"Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible people often get sweetness out of adversity."

- Diogenes Laertius

"It is very strange that the years teach us patience – that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting."

- Elizabeth Taylor

"When you encounter various trials, big or small, be full of joy. They’re opportunities to learn patience."

- Scott Curran

"Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."

- Moliere

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."

- Moliere

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Dance has to unfold with the grace of a tree giving out leaves, flowers and then tiny fruit. Nothing so beautiful can be done in haste."

- Pt. Birju Maharaj

"Dance is like wine it matures with every performance."

- Alarmel Valli

"Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery."

- Martha Graham

"When you take dancing lessons, you learn steps and you learn steps and you learn steps. It can go on for a long time. And then one day, you just learn to dance, and it is so different."

- Bill Austin

"It’s true of all great artists that the more you see, the more you want to see."

- Peter Anastos

"It’s like the time capsule with everything in it. Or like the seed that when you plant it, becomes the enormous tree with leaves and fruit."

- George Balanchine

"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid of only standing still."

- Ancient Chinese Proverb

"The only by going a little beyond the boundaries of the possible, can you discover the limits that are possible."

- Arthur C. Clarke

"There are no mistakes, only opportunities."

- Tina Fey

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffin, you die."

- Stan Dale

"Although when you first step out of your comfort zone it may feel difficult and fearful, you will at some point become comfortable again."

- Wendy Hearn

"We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters’ lengthening flight."

- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

"Let your mistakes make you better, not bitter…"

"There are never mistakes, just unexpected solos."

"All of these women are Barbie, and Barbie is all of these women. She might have started out as just a lady in a bathing suit, but she became so much more."

"This Tuesday, remember that every step forward is a journey towards something greater."

"Happy Transformation Tuesday! Just as the caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, you too can undergo a remarkable change. Trust the process, and let your wings unfurl."

"A comfort zone is a beautiful place – but nothing ever grows there."

- Anonymous