“In this age of quick fixes and microwave mindsets, most of us want what we want, and we want it right now, whether it is instant download speed, instant riches, or an Oompa-Loompa, but just as you can't force the farm to produce a harvest, you can't force your seed of potential to grow until it is ripe and ready.” WantAgeForceGrowsProduceReadyRight NowMindsetSpeedSeedsRichesInstantFarmsHarvestRipeDownloadsMicrowavesQuick Fixes Author:Derek Rydall
“The promise of learning is a delusion.... Tomorrow would alter the sense of what had already been learned, that the learning process is extended in this way, so that from this standpoint none of us ever graduates from college, for time is an emulsion, and probably thinking not to grow up is the brightest kind of maturity for us, right now at any rate.” ThinkingWayKindGrowsProcessGrowing UpCollegeTomorrowPromiseRight NowRateMaturityDelusionGraduatesStandpointLearning Process Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Hip-hop is the fountain of youth. You just don't grow up if you were there. My son's 20. I'm on the same channel he's on. We wear the same clothes, we feel the same thing. It's a weird, weird generation we're in right now.” IfsFeelsGrowsGrowing UpGenerationsYouthSonRight NowClothesHip HopHipsHopsMy SonFountainFountain Of Youth Author:Ice T
“Know that wherever you are in your life right now is both temporary, and exactly where you are supposed to be. You have arrived at this moment to learn what you must learn, so you can become the person you need to be to create the life you truly want. Even when life is difficult or challenging-especially when life is difficult and challenging-the present is always an opportunity for us to learn, grow, and become better than we've ever been before.” KnowsWantNeedsPersonsMomentsLife IsOpportunityGrowsDifficultChallengesRight NowSupposed To BeTemporaryWhere You AreBe YouWherever You AreLife Is Difficult Author:Hal Elrod
“Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?” PeopleWantYoungGivenGrowsGrowing UpAdviceRight NowAdultsEncouragementMeaningfulMeaningful Life Author:Adora Svitak
“It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now.” WorldYearsHomeNextGrowsGrowthNaturalSpaceRight NowLimitsClimateClimate ChangePopulationEnormousComing HomeElitesSheerPlagueNatural WorldHordePopulation GrowthPopulation ControlWorld PopulationHuman PopulationRoost Author:David Attenborough
“We need to define what culture is. Every human being lives within a culture, and culture means "To grow in." It means to literally fall, and this is exactly what I believe is happening all around us right now.” NeedsBelieveHumansMeanFallCultureI BelieveGrowsHuman BeingsRight NowHappenings Author:Myles Munroe
“My favorite tattoo right now is the one on my lower stomach that reads "Almost Famous" because as my career grows I'm still humbled every morning when I look at that tattoo, and I'll always remember how much it sucked to ALMOST be famous.” LooksStillsRememberGrowsCareersMorningRight NowMy FavoriteStomachEvery MorningTattoo Author:Machine Gun Kelly