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“I try to sit down at night before they go to bed and read the Bible with them and do little devotionals and pray with them. I think if you instill it in them when they are young, they'll remember when they grow up. I raise them in church. When the doors are open, I want to be there. My kids love to go. So does my wife.”

Ifs Thinking Want Trying Littles Doe Kids Remember Young Night Grows Church Growing Up Wife Doors Praying Bed Raises My Wife Remember When Instill Kids Love

Author:Andy Pettitte

“Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it. Some spoil them when they are young, and then quarrel with them when they are grown up, for having been spoiled; some love them like mothers, and attend only to the bodily health and strength of the hopes of their family, solemnize his birthday, and rejoice, like the subjects of the Great Mogul, at the increase of his bulk: while others, minding, as they think, only essentials, take pains and pleasure to see in their heir, all their favourite weaknesses and imperfections.”

Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very formalized when I was growing up, but I was taught certain things about what to do if I got lost in the woods.”

Ifs Knows Certain Courses Lost Growing Up Growing Taught Grew Grew Up Survival Woods Canada Wilderness Lost In The Woods

Book:Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood

Source: Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood

“Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much the same kind of process by which we learn our common values. Purely personal tastes, indeed, can only survive in a culture which tolerates them, that is, which has a common value that private tastes of certain kinds should be allowed.”

Should Kind Certain Values Culture Grows Process Common Growing Up Taste Tolerate Subculture Personal Taste

Author:Kenneth E. Boulding

“Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years.”

Thinking Years Father Language Growing Up Growing Involved Instinct Cows Sheep Cheese Eastern Turkeys Farming Unspoken Yogurt

Author:Hamdi Ulukaya

“Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball!”

Way Stills Kids America Games Lord Growing Up Growing Baseball Praise Tongue Tied Georgia Announcers Tongue Tied Praise The Lord

Book:Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball

Source: Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball

“Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.”

Grows Grief Growing Up Diminish

Author:Publilius Syrus

“Arrogance is a weed which grows upon a dunghill; it is from the rankness of the soil that she has her height and spreadings: witness, clowns, fools, and fellows, who from nothing, are lifted up some few steps on fortune's ladder: where, seeing the glorious representment of honour above them, they are so eager to embrace it, that they strive to leap thither at once, and by over-reaching themselves in the way, they fail of the end, and fall.”

Way Ends Fall Grows Steps Growing Up Failing Seeing Fool Fellows Embrace Fortune Strive Witness Height Arrogance Glorious Soil Reaching Leap Honour Weed Ladders Clown

Author:Owen Feltham

“As in labor, the more one doth exercise, the more one is enabled to do, strength growing upon work; so with the use of suffering, men's minds get the habit of suffering, and all fears and terrors are not to them but as a summons to battle, whereof they know beforehand they shall come off victorious.”

Knows Men Mind Use Suffering Growing Up Growing Habit Exercise Battle Labor Terror Endurance

Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“It was there [Dijon], I now understand, that I started to grow up, to study, to make love, to eat and drink, to be me and not what I was expected to be. It was there that I learned it is blessed to receive, as well as that every human being, no matter how base, is worthy of my respect and even my envy because he knows something that I may never be old or wise or kind or tender enough to know.”

Knows Humans Wells Kind May Matter Enough Grows Human Beings Growing Up Study Wise Drink Blessed Worthy Envy Expected Making Love

Book:Long Ago In France: The Years In Dijon

Source: Long Ago In France: The Years In Dijon

“I kind of got my big break with 'The Princess Diaries' and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: 'Did you always want to be a princess growing up?' And the truth was, no I wanted to be Catwoman.”

Want Kind Bigs Wanted Break Growing Up Growing Presses Rounds Princess Diaries Catwoman Princess Diaries

Author:Anne Hathaway

“My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.”

Thinking Said Feelings Beautiful Growing Up Growing New York Position Grew Grew Up Towns Grateful Privileged Jersey Worldview New Jersey Great Education

Author:Anne Hathaway

“God has not chosen to save us without crosses; as He has not seen fit to create men at once in the full vigor of manhood, but has suffered them to grow up by degrees amid all the perils and weaknesses of youth.”

Men Grows Growing Up Youth Fit Degrees Weakness Crosses Trials Chosen Manhood Peril Vigor

Book:Spiritual Progress

Source: Spiritual Progress

“Addiction is a symptom of not growing up.”

Growing Up Growing Addiction Symptoms

Author:C.C. DeVille

“It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers.”

Thinking Children Age Grows Parent Growing Up Peers

Author:Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

“Interestingly, koi, when put in a fish bowl, will only grow up to three inches. When this same fish is placed in a large tank, it will grow to about nine inches long.”

Long Three Grows Growing Up Fishes Nine Inches Bowls Tanks Fish Bowls

Book:Invinceable Principles: Essential Tools for Life Mastery

Source: Invinceable Principles: Essential Tools for Life Mastery

“Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.”

Growing Up Growing Mom Ideals My Mom Streisand

Author:Kevyn Aucoin

“Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they blow up are invited to join the Yale faculty. Within the university they go on asking their questions and trying to find the answers ... it is a place where the world's hostility to curiosity can be defied.”

Men World Trying Children Age Grows Answers Growing Up Goes On Discipline Asking Curiosity University Blow Manage Faculty Invited Hostility Monarchy Parental Yale

Author:Edmund Morgan

“When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.”

Men Growing Up Growing Comfort Ran Abusive

Author:Kevyn Aucoin

“Do we honestly believe that hopeless kids growing up under the harsh new rules will turn out to be chaste, studious, responsible adults? On the contrary, by limiting welfare, job training, education and nutritious food, won't we plant the seeds for another bumper crop of out-of-wedlock moms, deadbeat dads and worse?”

“I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.”

Want Mind Wanted Law Left Acting Growing Up Study Growing College Crosses Get Away Saloons

Author:Don Ameche

“Intelligent, heartfelt stories that tell a whole new set of truths about growing up American. Julie Orringer writes with virtuosity and depth about the fears, cruelties, and humiliations of childhood, but then does that rarest, and more difficult, thing: writes equally beautifully about the moments of victory and transcendence.”

Writing Doe Whole Moments Stories Difficult Growing Up Growing Childhood Victory Intelligent Depth Cruelty Humiliation Transcendence Difficult Things Heartfelt Virtuosity

Author:George Saunders

“The truth was that I'd been spending years running away from myself. I hid myself in drama, silliness, stupidity, banality. So afraid to grow up. So afraid to involve myself in relationships where I might be expected to give the same love I got - instead of sixth-grade shenanigans. I bored myself with all the when I grow up nonsense, but I was worried it would never happen even as I longed for it.”

Giving Years Might Happens Running Grows Growing Up Drama Stupidity Spending Expected Worried Bored Grades Nonsense Running Away Banality Silliness Sixth Grade Same Love Shenanigans

Author:Megan Crane

“As a kid, I spent an awful lot of time pretending I was somebody else. I think growing up in the 1980s wasn't very exciting so you kind of create this secret life of an alternate person. You pretend to be whatever you need to be that day, so you live in that dream world.”

Thinking World Needs Kind Persons Dream Kids Secret Growing Up Growing Exciting Awful Pretending Secret Life Dream World

Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers

“It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up.”

Should Asks Grows Growing Up

Author:Goldie Hawn

“I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.”

Grows Growing Up Grew Healthy Grew Up Areas West Miles Detroit Dose Motown Arbors

Author:Mayer Hawthorne

“The meaning of self-esteem is to feel lovable and capable. As parents, we must love our children unconditionally and give them a sense of being nurtured. That's the lovable part. Then, we must provide structure - rules, boundaries, daily or weekly household tasks that give them a sense they are making a contribution. That's what helps kids grow up feeling capable.”

Giving Feels Children Self Helping Feelings Kids Grows Parent Growing Up Self Esteem Capable Tasks Our Children Structure Boundaries Esteem Contribution Household Lovable Love Our Children

Author:Jack Canfield

“I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?”

Children Play Would Be Running Kids Grows Growing Up Streets Ocean Mexico Privileged Better Place Neighbour Running Free

Author:Salma Hayek

“When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.”

Feels Kids Fun Parent Cities Gone Growing Up Growing New York Connections New York City Visiting Being There Playgrounds

Author:Ben Stiller

“Is there someone who passively watches his children growing up? We constantly and maximally invest ourselves into our children to realize our vision of happiness. But not for us - for those children. It's not enough that we molest ourselves, so we have to molest the children as well.”

Wells Children Enough Happiness Realizing Vision Watches Growing Up Growing Our Children Children Growing Up Growing Children

Author:Ruben Papian

“My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.”

Firsts Growing Up Growing Instruments Grandmother Heritage My Grandmother Louisiana Accordions Cajuns

Author:Hunter Hayes

“My kid wants to be a prison warden when he grows up so he can put thumb tacks on the electric chairs.”

Want Humor Kids Funny Grows Family Growing Up Prison Chairs Electric Thumbs Wardens Electric Chair

Author:Rodney Dangerfield

“Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.”

Kind Done Growing Up Growing Happenings Instruments Grandmother Heritage Routes My Grandmother Louisiana Accordions Cajuns

Author:Hunter Hayes

“My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him.”

Used Mother Watches Growing Up Growing Genes Adore Wilder

Author:Lucy Punch

“When I was growing up, softball had stereotypes along with other female sports. But society is definitely changing since the WNBA and WUSA. Muscles on female athletes are OK now. Young girls can look up to beautiful, athletic, fit women.”

Looks Beautiful Young Girl Sports Growing Up Growing Fit Female Athlete Look Up Muscles Stereotype Athletic Softball Female Athlete Wnba

Author:Jennie Finch

“I don't know. I'd be a lot better off if I would've studied more when I was growing up, you know?”

Ifs Knows Growing Up Growing Better Off

Author:Brian Regan

“God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short and very straight, a little way that is quite new[...] It is your arms, Jesus, which are the lift to carry me to heaven, And so there is no need for me to grow up. In fact, just the opposite: I must stay little and become less and less.”

Way Needs Looks Mean Littles I Can Facts Jesus Heaven Wish Grows Growing Up Impossible Arms Opposites Bigger Aim Faults Saint Lifts Spite Going To Heaven

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“Let us protect our children; and let us not allow them to grow up into emptiness and nothingness, to the avoidance of good hard work, to introspection and analysis without deeds, or to mechanical actions without thought and consideration. Let us steer them away from the harmful chase after material things and the damaging passion for distractions... Let us educate them to stand with their feet rooted in God's earth, but with their heads reaching even into heaven, there to behold truth.”

“Unrestrained automobility, hedonism, individualism, and conspicuous consumption cannot be sustained because they take more than they give back. A spiritually impoverished world cannot be sustained because meaninglessness, anomie, and despair will corrode the desire to be sustained and the belief that humanity is worth sustaining. But these are the very things that distinguish the modern age from its predecessors, Genuine sustainability, in other words, will come not from superficial changes but from a deeper process akin to humankind growing up to a fuller stature.”

“Domestic violence was a way of life in my home growing up, my brother and I watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was beaten and knocked unconscious while we dialed 911.”

Way Life Home Mother Growing Up Growing Violence Brother My Brother Unconscious Beaten Domestic Violence

Author:Troy Vincent

“I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get mean and horrible and aggressive and have wars.”

People Ifs Mean War Grows Growing Up Horrible If I Could Aggressive Apes

Author:Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

“There's a pigeon's nest on the branch of the tree outside the window. A chick is growing up in it. I'm happy about that”

Growing Up Growing Tree Window Branches Nests Chicks Pigeons

Author:Aya Kito

“Mom and sister played piano growing up; my grandma still plays piano in church. They always beat me over the head trying to get me to play piano, but I was more interested in riding dirt bikes and playing in the mud.”

Trying Stills Play Church Growing Up Growing Mom Beats Piano Riding Dirt Bike Mud Grandma My Grandma Dirt Bikes

Author:Dustin Lynch

“Art has been good for my soul. And it's been good for my brain. I think I'm a better painter now than I was a musician growing up. You struggle to see things and translate an image through your hands to a canvas.”

Thinking Has Beens Art Soul Hands Brain Struggle Growing Up Growing Musician Painter My Soul Translate Canvas

Author:Anne Sweeney

“Sexual awareness is part of growing up. When you're growing up, you can't get away from sex.”

Sex Growing Up Growing Awareness Get Away Jason Reunion

Author:Jennifer Coolidge

“When you live in a lot of places, you can't help but have them become part of you. Technically, I am a Southerner, but I did not grow up in the South. So I'm a Southerner by accident, but a Washingtonian.”

Helping Grows Growing Up South Accidents Southerner

Author:Neko Case

“Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.”

Want Reason Wanted Artist Actors Growing Up Growing Being There

Author:John Lithgow

“My mom actually didn't let me read any women's magazines growing up. She also didn't let me see Pretty Woman. She thought that I was going to want to be a hooker. So, instead, I just got cast in Scary Movie.”

Want Growing Up Growing Mom Let Me Casts Scary My Mom Magazines Pretty Woman

Author:Anna Faris

“When you have kids it's nice to have a place where they can always return to and some place where they will grow up in, but I never had that. I'm not attached to things and places. I like that we [the family] keep moving. It's a nomadic life, and I think that's a great life. I'm excited when we take our kids to a new country and they don't just immediately look for the comforts of home. They blend into that country. Send them to any place in the world and they won't be scared. They'll just feel like they can make friends there.”

Thinking World Feels Looks Country Home Kids Moving Grows Growing Up Nice Return Comfort Scared Excited Keep Moving Places In The World Nomadic Comfort Of Home

Author:Angelina Jolie

“When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come to me are through a female voice in my head. My stories seem to naturally be about females.”

Stories Seems Voice Growing Up Growing Mom Happenings Female My Mom Voices In My Head Female Voice

Author:Natalie Portman

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