Growth Quotes

"In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow."

- Carol Dweck

"You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!"

- Aly Raisman

"Being a mother is not about what you gave up to have a child, but what you’ve gained from having one."

- Jill Churchill

"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you."

- Aldous Huxley

"It is known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else."

- Catherynne M. Valente

""Things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.""

- Charlie Jones

"There's beauty and imperfection in every mother's journey, for it is through imperfection that she learns and evolves."

- Milk Moon Herbs

"If you always put a limit on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."

- Bruce Lee

"Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day."

- John Milton

"Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others."

- Hermann Hesse

"If you’re making mistakes, it means you’re out there doing something."

- Neil Gaiman

"Grow through what you go through."

- Tyrese Gibson

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it."

- Rafiki

"The key thing in the hurdles is that it’s a development event. You might not do a damn thing one year, and then things just click. You really can’t discount athletes who may not stand out immediately. It may take two or three years for an athlete to develop."

- Kevin Young

"It's just as important to remember that each footstrike carries you forward, not backward. And every time you put on your running shoes you are different in come way than you were the day before. This is all good news."

- John Bingham

"The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve. We are either trying to run a personal best, or toeing the line for the first time, which will snowball into a future of trying to run personal bests."

- Deena Kastor

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."

- Christopher McCandless

"Start wide, expand further, and never look back."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?"

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person."

- Rita Mero

"Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit."

- Napoleon Hill

"Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren't so challenging."

- Carrie Fisher

"Every problem is a gift. Without problems we would not grow."

- Tony Robbins

"Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren’t so challenging."

- Carrie Fisher

"Embrace the discomfort of growth; success lies beyond your comfort zone."

"Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace. Good Morning!"

"Thursdays are for progress."

- Unknown

"A Sunday well-lived is like a garden that blooms all week."

- Unknown

"The only way to grow is to face challenges that seem beyond your strength."

"Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over"

- Anonymous