Growing Quotes

4125 Growing quotes by 3011 unique authors

The good society was, like the good self, a diverse yet harmonious, growing yet unified whole, a fully participatory democracy in which the powers and… — John Dewey
Growing old is, of all things we experience, that which takes the most courage, and at a time when we have the least resources, especially… — May Sarton
Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which… — Ralph Ellison
Oh, children, growing up to be Adventurers into sophistry, Forbear, forbear to be of those That read the rood to learn the rose. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Here's a song was never sung: Growing old is dying young. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within it,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Learning is to discover that something is possible. We are using most of our energies for self-destructiv e games, self-preventing games. We prevent ourselves from… — Frederick Salomon Perls
Once you start drinking a little of meditativeness, a little of love, you start growing wings. — Rajneesh
Start with meditation, and things will go on growing in you—silence, serenity, blissfulness, sensitivity. And whatever comes out of meditation, try to bring it out… — Rajneesh
I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who… — Greg Peterson
Life and love inspire me. I think reinventing yourself is vital to your survival as an artist and a human being. I know it’s cliché… — Madonna Ciccone
Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's… — Arthur W. Pink
We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves. — Havelock Ellis
This growing poverty in the midst of growing population constitutes a permanent menace to peace. And not only to peace, but also to democratic institutions… — Aldous Huxley
I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the… — Bill Walton
Growing nations should remember that, in nature, no tree, though placed in the best conditions of light, soil, and plot, can continue to grow and… — Paul Valery
Growing old is not a gradual decline, but a series of drops, full of sorrow, from one ledge to another below it. — Logan Pearsall Smith
And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing towards decay. — George MacDonald
Love is a growing, or full constant light; And his first minute, after noon, is night. — John Donne
More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only to read the newspapers to see how sympathetic are the… — Richard Le Gallienne
No one longs to live more than someone growing old. — Sophocles
A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man. — Herbert Hoover
The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how… — Gilbert Highet
I was the youngest of six kids, so yeah, feeding myself was important, but it's not like I was obsessed with food growing up. — Jim Gaffigan
Beneath everything else, North and West, there ran a profound, unvoiced, almost subconscious conviction that the [American] nation was going to go on growing-in size,… — Bruce Catton

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