“When people get hurt, they learn to hate… When people hurt others, they become hated and racked with guilt. But knowing that pain allows people to be kind. Pain allows people to grow… and how you grow is up to you.”
"Knowing what it feels to be in pain, is exactly why we try to be kind to others."
- Jiraiya
Compassion
"A person grows up when he’s able to overcome hardships. Protection is important, but there are some things that a person must learn on his own."
- Jiraiya
Personal Growth
"Rejection is a part of any man’s life. If you can’t accept and move past rejection, or at least use it as writing material – you’re not a real man."
- Jiraiya
Resilience
"Rejection makes a man stronger. In other words, you can't call yourself a real man unless you can laugh off stuff like that. Better yet, make a joke of it."
- Jiraiya
Resilience
"A place where someone still thinks about you is a place you can call home."
- Jiraiya
Connection to Earth
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."
- Max DePree
Growth
"How marvelous is the generation with which you deal. We have never had a generation its equal in all of the history of the Church. They are better educated. They are more familiar with the scriptures. I believe they pray with a greater measure of faith, have a greater desire to do the will of the Lord, are more active in the Church, go into the world as better prepared missionaries, and live to become better parents."
- President Gordon B. Hinckley
Growth
"Allow yourself the opportunity to get uncomfortable."
- Alex Toussaint
Growth
"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."
- Tony Robbins
Growth
"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."
- Mary Tyler Moore
Growth