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Grow Quotes

Growth rarely happens on a straight line.

Several of these reflect on how long it can take to feel ready for the next stage, and how growing up in a certain place shapes the person you become. For related ideas on adapting over time, see our Change quotes.

River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back,...

Quotes by Zach Galligan

I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me like that. So I'm gonna just use my real name.

Quotes by Young Thug

I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up with a great collection of good morals and good values, but we also had fun. We'd go to...

Quotes by Yolanda Adams

The more I grow, and the older I get, the more I am enjoying my life and know how precious it really is.

Quotes by Yolanda Adams

One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members...

Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma

Unfortunately, it is human nature for us to only learn and grow from a place of emptiness. It's hard to learn when we are winning and on top of the world.

Quotes by Yehuda Berg

I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.

Quotes by Wolfgang Puck

You've got to grow up sometime.

Quotes by Winona Ryder

Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.

Quotes by Wilma Mankiller

I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow.

Quotes by Willie Aames

The outlook is for me to grow.

Quotes by Willie Cauley-Stein

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

Quotes by William McFee

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

Quotes by William Jennings Bryan

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

Quotes by William Holden

If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the...

Quotes by William Greider

Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.

Quotes by William Golding

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

Quotes by William Friedkin

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.

Quotes by William Cullen Bryant

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "growing" mean across these quotes?
It covers everything from personal readiness ("I think I'm ready now to expand - to grow") to a broader statement that "we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser," to literally growing up in a particular place.
Is there an emotional quote about family and growing up?
Yes - one quote reflects on loss, wishing "mum and dad were alive and had a chance to see their grandkids grow up," a bittersweet take on watching the next generation grow.
Does growing up in a particular place come up here?
It does - one quote credits "growing up in Mumbai" and "speaking so many languages" as making it "easier to learn new languages" later on when traveling abroad.
Is there a quote about growth as a lifelong human trait?
Yes - it's summed up simply: "As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser."
Where can I find more quotes about change and progress?
Take a look at our Change quotes, Progress quotes, Development quotes, or Emotion quotes for more on personal growth.

There's also a quieter thread about the family moments growth can cost, like grandparents who won't see it happen. Explore Development or Progress quotes next.