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title: "11 Grow Man Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Grow Man quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Grow Man sayings and thoughts."
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> [I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamora-pierce/i-want-to-marry-her-when-i-grow-up-to-be-a-man/)

[Tamora Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamora-pierce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/tamora-pierce-935_growing-up_i-want-to-marry-her-when-i-grow-up-to-be_846904.png)

> [I don't know what it would have been like to grow up with a man in the house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michaela-coel/i-don-t-know-what-it-would-have-been-like-to-grow-up-with-a-man-in/)

[Michaela Coel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michaela-coel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/michaela-coel-7701_grow_i-don-t-know-what-it-would-have-been-lik_1157820.jpg)

> [In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/in-the-long-years-liker-they-must-grow-the-man-be-more-of-woman-she/)

[Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/)

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> [A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sand/a-child-motivated-by-competitive-ideals-will-grow-into-a-man-without/)

[George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/george-sand-1753_child_a-child-motivated-by-competitive-ideals_83668.jpg)

> [Destroy the seed and the plant will never grow. Man alone, of all creatures of earth, can change his thought pattern and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-w-kimball/destroy-the-seed-and-the-plant-will-never-grow-man-alone-of-all/)

[Spencer W. Kimball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-w-kimball/)

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> [A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/a-plant-needs-roots-in-order-to-grow-with-man-it-is-the-other-way/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/eric-hoffer-343_doe_a-plant-needs-roots-in-order-to-grow-wit_1466458.jpg)

> [The lows allowed me to grow as a man and put me at peace with understanding things you can't control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-agholor/the-lows-allowed-me-to-grow-as-a-man-and-put-me-at-peace-with/)

[Nelson Agholor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-agholor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/nelson-agholor-6787_control_the-lows-allowed-me-to-grow-as-a-man-and_3134862.jpg)

> [“I was born with more power inside myself than I ever dreamed. But along with it there came no more sense than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-was-born-with-more-power-inside-myself-than-i-ever-dreamed-but/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/orson-scott-card-134_danny-north_i-was-born-with-more-power-inside-myself_1098937.png)

> [Strength training is a fantastic microcosm for a man's life: pushing yourself through discomfort, every single day, is the only way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-crowder/strength-training-is-a-fantastic-microcosm-for-a-man-s-life-pushing/)

[Steven Crowder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-crowder/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/steven-crowder-6411_day_strength-training-is-a-fantastic-microco_3023067.jpg)

> [When you're trying to grow into an adult and you have a daughter, it makes you slow down your life, makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dillon-brooks/when-you-re-trying-to-grow-into-an-adult-and-you-have-a-daughter-it/)

[Dillon Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dillon-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/dillon-brooks-6667_children_when-you-re-trying-to-grow-into-an-adult_2921514.jpg)

> [“Time passes. Big men dwindle, small men grow. This man shrinks into old age, those men’s reach grows longer. They can stretch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/time-passes-big-men-dwindle-small-men-grow-this-man-shrinks-into-old/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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