“Christians can have doubts and they can have questions and the unhealthy way to deal with that is to keep them inside where they fester and grow and can undermine our faith. The healthy way to deal with it is to talk about it and be honest about it.” WayChristianGrowsDealsDoubtHonestHealthyBeing HonestUnhealthy Author:Lee Strobel
“Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow. Awareness of others is a healthy antidote to this self-focus.” WorldSelfWholeProblemSeemsGrowsFocusAwarenessWallHealthySizeWhole WorldPityShrinksAntidoteSelf PityAbsorptionSelf AbsorptionAwareness Of Others Author:Kevin Malarkey
“A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.” IfsGivingTryingDoeSelfReasonKidsGamesGrowsParentResponsibilityGrowing UpFailingProduceHealthyAdultsSelf ConfidenceFixedDependent Author:Simon Sinek
“Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.” ShouldChildrenCountryAmericaYoungGrowsGoalLosesGrowing UpSuccessfulViolenceCitizensHealthyHighestGunAdultsAbuseAddictionYoung AdultIllValuableEducatedSecureJailOur FutureGun ViolenceGood CitizenIll HealthSingle Child Author:John F. Kerry
“It's my life dream to be able to go and continue going to schools and teaching them about stretching and aerobics, cardio and strength training, because I want them to have a better life than I did. I don't want them to grow up to be me. I want them to be healthy. I want them not to go through eating disorders [like me].” WantDreamAbleSchoolGrowsGrowing UpTeachingHealthyEatingTrainingLike MeDisorderBetter LifeStretchingEating DisorderCardioLife DreamStrength TrainingAerobics Author:Richard Simmons
“Some parents were awful back then and are awful still. The process of raising you didn't turn them into grown-ups. Parents who were clearly imperfect can be helpful to you. As you were trying to grow up despite their fumbling efforts, you had to develop skills and tolerances other kids missed out on. Some of the strongest people I know grew up taking care of inept, invalid, or psychotic parents--but they know the parents weren't normal, healthy, or whole.” PeopleKnowsTryingStillsWholeCareKidsTurnsGrowsProcessParentEffortGrowing UpGrewHealthySkillsNormalGrew UpToleranceDespiteAwfulHelpfulStrongestImperfectPsychotic Author:Frank Pittman
“The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a small, safe place (an apartment? a room? a lap?) in which, in the companionship of a loving person, that child could discover that he or she was lovable and capable of loving in return. If a child finds this during the first years of life, he or she can grow up to be a competent, healthy person.” IfsYearsFirstsChildrenPersonsLyingGrowsAbilityRoomsGrowing UpReturnCircumstancesHealthySafeCapableRootsThriveApartmentCompanionshipLapCompetentLovableSafe PlacesYears Of LifeLoving PersonHealthy Person Book:Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers Source: Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers
“If your child is going to develop a healthy personality with the capacity to remain intact and grow, she must learn how to test reality, regulate her impulses, stabilize her moods, integrate her feelings and actions, focus her concentration and plan.” IfsChildrenFeelingsRealityActionGrowsFocusPlansPersonalityHealthyCapacityTestsOur ChildrenMoodImpulseYour ChildrenConcentrationIntegrating Author:Stanley Greenspan
“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.” GrowsGrowing UpGrewHealthyGrew UpAreasWestMilesDetroitDoseMotownArbors Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“Having been born and raised in Washington, D.C., you kind of absorb politics when you grow up. And it continues to be a focus of mine, probably more than what is healthy for me.” KindGrowsBornGrowing UpFocusMinesHealthyRaisedBorn And Raised Author:Jeffrey Wright
“When I was growing up, we didn't have this super-skinny, flawless image to compete with. I find it unfortunate that young women may look at those images and think that is the ideal of beauty. It can cause a lot of problems and self-esteem issues if we don't remind girls that being healthy and exactly who you are is the main thing. I'm grateful I didn't grow up with those images.” IfsThinkingLooksMaySelfProblemYoungGirlGrowsCausesGrowing UpIssuesGrowingSelf EsteemHealthyIdealsGratefulWho You AreEsteemUnfortunateYoung WomenSkinnyFlawlessSelf Esteem Issues Author:Kellee Stewart
“The purpose of romantic relationships is to encourage you to grow spiritually. Romantic relationships can do this because they are interactions in which you come to see those parts of yourself that are constructive, healthy and creative. You see them because you project them onto someone else.” PurposeGrowsCan DoCreativeHealthyProjectsInteractionConstructiveRomantic Relationship Author:Gary Zukav
“I guess, as an Anglican, there's always room to move, which can be a dangerous thing, but also a very healthy thing, because bits of the great biblical tradition which you haven't fully plugged into before you've got the space to grow into... not least, the sacraments.” MovingGrowsBitsSpaceRoomsDangerousHavensHealthyTraditionBiblicalSacramentsDangerous ThingsGreat Biblical Author:N. T. Wright
“Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk? Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.” NeedsGrowsBabyHealthyLipsGrassOver YouCracksVigorousSidewalkHaving A Baby Author:Carol Burnett
“I want to be a positive influence in little girls' eyes. Little girls need to be confident and grow up with a healthy state of mind. It's a tough, tough world out there.” WorldWantNeedsMindLittlesStatesEyeGirlGrowsGrowing UpInfluenceHealthyToughState Of MindBe ConfidentPositive InfluenceTough World Author:Christy Carlson Romano
“The evolution of a bourgeoisie is a healthy phenomenon when it grows and prospers thanks to bourgeois values: hard work, honesty, personal responsibility.” HardValuesGrowsResponsibilityHonestyHard WorkEvolutionHealthyThanksPhenomenonPersonal ResponsibilityBourgeoisBourgeoisie Author:Anne Applebaum
“I am inspired by music, travel, great architecture, and good, healthy food. I look for opportunities to learn about history, art, and cooking. When I learn, I grow.” LooksArtOpportunityGrowsHealthyCookingInspiredArchitectureGood HealthHealthy FoodOpportunities To Learn Author:Tim Matheson
“That being said, I am not one to feel sorry for myself. I believe it is healthy to honor one's feelings and do the best we can to learn and grow from them moving forward.” FeelsBelieveSaidFeelingsMovingI BelieveGrowsHonorHealthySorryMoving ForwardDo The Best Author:Amanda Schull
“The only sensible approach to disease and insect control, I think, is to grow sturdy crops in a healthy environment.” ThinkingGrowsEnvironmentHealthyDiseaseApproachSensibleInsectsCropsSturdyHealthy Environment Author:Masanobu Fukuoka
“The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail. No matter what we know they are there to support us and see us do well. Leaders are exactly the same.” KnowsGivingTryingWellsMatterReasonGamesGrowsParentResponsibilityLeaderSupportGrowing UpFailingHealthyAdultsNo Matter What Author:Simon Sinek
“I asked [Guadalupe] for the world, for peace, so many things. I asked forgiveness, I asked that the Church grows healthy, I asked for the Mexican people. And another thing I asked a lot for: that priests be true priests, and sisters true sisters, and bishops true bishops. As the Lord wants.” PeopleWorldWantGrowsChurchLordHealthyBeing TruePriestsMexicanBishopsGuadalupe Author:Pope Francis
“She touched the healthy folds of skin around the baby's neck, wrists, and thighs, the dark lines crying for life made in his forehead, and thought how people start with wrinkles and end with wrinkles, grow into their skin and then live to grow out of it again.” PeopleMadeEndsGrowsLinesDarkCryBabyHealthySkinsNecksTouchedFoldsForeheadsWrinklesWristsThighs Author:Shannon Hale
“Instead of trying to fit an impossible ideal, I took a personal inventory of all my healthy body parts for which I am grateful: Straight Greek eyebrows. They start at the hairline at my temple and, left unchecked, will grow straight across my face and onto yours.” TryingBodyFacesLeftGrowsImpossibleFitHealthyIdealsGratefulGreekTemplesEyebrowsI Am GratefulInventoryHealthy Body Book:Bossypants Source: Bossypants
“What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable... Factory farms calculate how close to death they can keep animals without killing them. That's the business model. How quickly they can be made to grow, how tightly they can be packed, how much or how little can they eat, how sick they can get without dying...We live in a world in which it's conventional to treat an animal like a block of wood.” WorldNeedsLittlesMadeGrowsAnimalDyingIndustryHealthyModelsTreatsSickKillingProfitWoodsBlockMeatFarmsFactoriesConventionalProfitableBusiness ModelsMeat IndustryClose To Death Author:Jonathan Safran Foer