Growing doesn't mean renouncing your history.

“Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

In some cases I feel like they haven't appreciated enough that growing up doesn't mean boring and old and not full of life. I…

— Jody Watley

“Growing up doesn’t mean replacing old loves as much as it means adding new ones.”

— Joe Rigney

How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.

— Hafez

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Renouncing things is less difficult than people believe: it's all a matter of getting started. Once you've succeeded in dispensing with something you thought…

— Italo Calvino

The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own self, by which I mean making up one's…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different…

— Audre Lorde

I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have…

— George W. Bush

I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,…

— Haruki Murakami

Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me…

— Cybill Shepherd

I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled…

— Paul Smith

Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy…

— Naomi Klein

I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto