Quotes about Growth

We may think at times that the only thing life offers us tomorrow, is to repeat everything we did today. But if we pay close attention, we will see that no two days are alike.

So it was in life. In order for the more substantial pieces of wood to catch fire, the kindling must burn first. In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself. In order for us to understand the powers we carry within us and the secrets that have already been revealed, it was first necessary to allow the surface expectations, fears, appearances — to be burned away.

We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper understanding of life. We must struggle in order to grow

Life is not a holiday, but an education. And the most important lesson we can learn is how to love. How to love better.

Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows.

Blessed are those who are not afraid to admit that they don't know something

The act of living one's own destiny includes a series of stages that are far beyond our understanding, whose objective is always to... make us learn the lessons necessary to fulfill our own destiny.

Jealously would kill you from inside, if you water the plant of jealousy with anger instead of hard work

To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.

Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.