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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.

I was part of Evolve as they were beginning to make their name, and I was lucky enough to help it grow worldwide as WWE got involved.

Quotes by Drew McIntyre

You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

Quotes by Dougray Scott

My mom and dad both would grow vegetables. So, when I delivered my baby, we went there, and she would cook a lot, and we would eat all the vegetables from their garden.

Quotes by Doutzen Kroes

I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles.

Quotes by Draymond Green

It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any sense of a spiritual dimension to life, is just impoverishing.

Quotes by Douglas Hurd

Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

My dad couldn't connect to my wanting to be a filmmaker. He was very connected in entertainment, and through him I met Steven Spielberg and got rides on his private plane to California. I'd see Spielberg's people reading scripts. I...

Quotes by Doug Liman

As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom.

Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

Quotes by Doug Collins

Further, the next generation of terrorists will grow up in a digital world, with ever more powerful and easy-to-use hacking tools at their disposal.

Quotes by Dorothy Denning

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

Quotes by Doris Day

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

Quotes by Dorothea Brande

I learned that if you wait long enough, you just grow older.

Quotes by Donovan

Both the United States and the world economy have already reached - and surpassed - their sustainable physical limits. Ground water is being drawn down, soils eroded, forests cut faster than they grow, fish caught faster than they reproduce, non-renewable...

Quotes by Donella Meadows

I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.

Quotes by Donna Air

You grow up however, unfortunately, as the college years fly by, into a very exaggerated sense of your own capacities.

Quotes by Donald G. Mitchell

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

Quotes by Donald Glover

When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit.

Quotes by Don Lemon

In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated because we make the assumption that what we believe is the absolute truth.

Quotes by Don Miguel Ruiz

Loss is part of life. If you don't have loss, you don't grow.

Quotes by Dominick Cruz

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.