The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line

Quote by Joanna Field

Topics: Growth Quotes

I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient...

I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient...

I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement...

I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement...

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had...

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had...

There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all...

There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all...

But when he (Peter) saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried...

But when he (Peter) saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried...

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual...

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual...

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is...

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is...

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that...

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to...

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to...

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Our fears always outnumber our dangers

Our fears always outnumber our dangers

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future....

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future....

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. Look steadfastly into...

Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. Look steadfastly into...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals -...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals -...