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title: "5 Tend Grow Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Tend Grow quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Tend Grow sayings and thoughts."
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> [The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-welk/the-first-time-i-try-anything-is-invariably-not-very-successful-i/)

[Lawrence Welk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-welk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/lawrence-welk-13805_first-time_the-first-time-i-try-anything-is-invaria_424447.png)

> [I haven't stopped playing. If you play all the time, then your chops are up and you tend to grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-schon/i-haven-t-stopped-playing-if-you-play-all-the-time-then-your-chops/)

[Neal Schon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-schon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/neal-schon-32938_grows_i-haven-t-stopped-playing-if-you-play-al_487946.jpg)

> [Marketplaces by their nature tend to grow faster than most other companies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-collison/marketplaces-by-their-nature-tend-to-grow-faster-than-most-other/)

[John Collison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-collison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/john-collison-16395_business_marketplaces-by-their-nature-tend-to-gro_502521.jpg)

> [“An organization will tend to grow only when the advantages that can be gotten from directing the work of additional employees are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clay-shirky/an-organization-will-tend-to-grow-only-when-the-advantages-that-can/)

[Clay Shirky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clay-shirky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/clay-shirky-3364_organization_an-organization-will-tend-to-grow-only-w_1275295.jpg)

> [Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/whatever-is-flexible-and-living-will-tend-to-grow-whatever-is-rigid/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/laozi-147_blocked_whatever-is-flexible-and-living-will-ten_2266160.jpg)

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