We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good.

Quote by Tessa Afshar

Topics: Growth Quotes, Longing Quotes

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

You're asking me will my love grow / I don't know, I don't know /...

You're asking me will my love grow / I don't know, I don't know /...

Anything that comes slow in life will always glow to make a right flow and...

Anything that comes slow in life will always glow to make a right flow and...

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

But everything that may some day be possible to many the solitary man can now...

But everything that may some day be possible to many the solitary man can now...

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root...

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root...

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.

Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Every problem is a gift...without problems we would not grow.

Every problem is a gift...without problems we would not grow.

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

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

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

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name...

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name...

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is...

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is...