Grows Quotes - Page 8

• Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Change, Clever

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• When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

  Joseph Heller

  Inspirational, Children, Growing Up

  Joseph Heller (1974). “Something Happened”, p.340, Simon and Schuster

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• Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.44, Macmillan

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• Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Ignorance, Miracle, Religion

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1070, Library of Alexandria

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• A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

  Washington Irving

  Birthday, Anger, Age

  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon "Rip Van Winkle" (1819 - 1820)

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• The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

  Carl Jung

  Time, Wine, Years

  Carl Gustav Jung (1960). “The structure and dynamics of the psyche”

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• Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

  John F. Kennedy

  Mom, Mother, Growing Up

  John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

  James Russell Lowell

  Running, Time, Reality

  1887 'Sixty-Eighth Birthday'.

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• It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Life, Friendship, Time

  W. Somerset Maugham (1930). “Cakes and Ale”

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• And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast.

  Max Muller

  Dark, Men, Feelings

  Max Muller (1912). “Memories”

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• A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Growing Up, Kids, Golf

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• Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

  William Penn

  Spring, Soul, Lust

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.29, Courier Corporation

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• We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

  John Archibald Wheeler

  Ocean, Learning, Ignorance

  "Scientific American", Vol. 267, 1992.

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• Those were the Rommely women: Mary, the mother, Evy, Sissy, and Katie, her daughters, and Francie, who would grow up to be a Rommely woman even though her name was Nolan. They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. But they were made out of thin invisible steel.

  Betty Smith

  Daughter, Mother, Growing Up

  BETTY SMITH (1943). “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

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• Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Life, Flower

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

  Oscar Wilde

  Soul, Tragedy, Body

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.548, Wordsworth Editions

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• Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

  Thomas Otway

  Philosophy, Ambition, Lust

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• The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Soul

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.168, Courier Corporation

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• Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise - even in their own field.

  Isaac Asimov

  Wise, Wisdom, Knowledge

  "The Roving Mind". Book by Isaac Asimov. Chapter 25, 1983.

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• Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.

  Hans Arp

  Mother, Art, Children

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• Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world.

  Sylvia Plath

  Growing Up, World, Littles

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.114, Hamilton Books

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• It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

  Faye Dunaway

  Cutting, Interesting, Edges

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I want to be just like Steph when I grow up.

  Andre Iguodala

  Growing Up, Nba Championships, Want

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  Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

  Andy Rooney

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• Out of difficulties grow miracles.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Moving On, Hope

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