5,371 Quotes About Growth

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

It turns out, if you want to save a species, you don’t spend your time staring at the bird you want to save. You look at the things it relies on to live instead. You ask if there is enough to eat and drink. You ask if there is a safe place to sleep. Is there enough here to survive?

Only survival and true ambition makes one confront their own fears.” 

Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide.

Some fear is a normal healthy reaction to the unknown and helps your grow. What is unhealthy, though, is the type of fear that leaves you helpless, motionless, and stops any type of growth.

You don’t need to be a fortress to be strong. You don’t need to build walls to keep yourself safe. Open the windows and let the breeze breathe life into your bones. Go outside, touch the earth with your bare hands, and remind yourself how it feels to plant the seeds of love and watch them bloom intosomething beautiful. Water those flowers well; your garden will reawaken in the sun.

Closed systems that thrive on control that is managed with sticks and carrots can't help but fail the people they claim to protect.

the way we risefrom every sorrow in lifeis the most gorgeous thing i’ve seen

i will never havethis version of me againlet me slow downand be with her- always evolving