The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

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"Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Love

"Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Love

"Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Awareness

"If we aren’t capable of being hurt, we aren’t capable of feeling joy."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Awareness

"If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Self-awareness

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"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