“I'm terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It's something that wakes me up at night.” NightStepsGrowing UpGrowingAdultsTerrified Author:Lorde
“There was a nobility in poverty when I was growing up. My mom was poor but she was planting roses and she was cleaning the steps, you know what I mean. You didn't feel sorry for yourself.” KnowsFeelsMeanPoorStepsPovertyGrowing UpGrowingMomRoseSorryMy MomCleaningNobilityFeel Sorry For You Author:Ricky Gervais
“the real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance ... Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb; time is a meadow, and we move over it with level steps.” RealMovingLevelsStepsGrowingEvidenceImportanceAgingClimbsOver ItGrowing OldMeadowsGrowing Older Book:The book of Stillmeadow Source: The book of Stillmeadow
“Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop growing. The next step beyond failure could be your biggest success in life.” InspirationalSuccessNextStepsGrowingFailureDefeatAfrican AmericanLimitationTimingSuccess In LifeNext StepsChoreographersFiascoFailure Is Not An OptionBad Timing Author:Debbie Allen
“I've tried, at every step in life, to find a lesson. And accepting criticism with the same grace that you do the applause is something every young athlete needs to learn. ... I think it served me well to learn how to handle everything that came with the game's ups and downs. Some people call it growing another layer of skin. I just call it growing up.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsYoungGamesAcceptingStepsGrowing UpGraceGrowingLessonsCriticismSkinsAthleteHandleNflLayersApplauseUps & DownsEvery StepYoung AthletesSteps In Life Author:Dan Marino
“This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.” PeopleRealWholeGovernmentPoliticalPurposePoliticsSocialProcessStepsGrowingCrisisSeparationReformPatrioticGapsTemporaryEmergenciesAllegianceSlow Motion Author:Milton Mayer
“I believe you can never stop growing and learning and I've been very fortunate to have been working since I was 10 or 11-years-old. I have learned so much throughout the years working with amazing directors and great actors as well. This was really a huge step for me because it's very different from anything that I've done before but I think the biggest difference here is that the cast we were surrounded by in this movie was unbelievable.” ThinkingYearsBelieveWellsHas BeensDifferentDoneActorsI BelieveDifferencesStepsGrowingHugeDirectorsCastsFortunateI Have LearnedUnbelievableGreat ActorsBelieve You CanLearning And Growing Author:Taylor Lautner
“One may come armoured, Invinsible. His will immobile meets the mobile hour. The world blows cannot bend this Victor Head. Calm and sure are his steps in the growing night. The goal recedes, he hurries not his pace. He asks from no help from the inferior Gods. His eyes are fixed on the immutable aim.” WorldMayHelpingEyeNightAsksGoalHoursStepsGrowingAimCalmBlowFixedHis EyesPaceInferiorsMobile Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The nostalgic notion of the family orchards is lovely - all that wholesome fruit for our forebears to sit on the back steps biting into - but basically we were growing it to drink.” StepsGrowingDrinkFruitNotionLovelyNostalgicBitingOrchard Book:The Joy of Drinking Source: The Joy of Drinking
“I want to keep growing. I should take a couple steps every year if I want to be one of the best players in the league.” IfsWantShouldYearsStepsGrowingPlayerCoupleLeagueBest Players Author:Ilya Kovalchuk
“Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me - I could make them up and learn bits and pieces of what was going on over time. There's something about it being always a step away that makes it more fun to chase.” YearsIdeasFunBitsStepsGrowing UpPiecesGrowingNo IdeaPlotFascinatedOperaBits And Pieces Author:Rufus Wainwright