#grows

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#believe #certain #certain age #early #grows

There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. ↗

— J. G. Holland

#anything #endures #fast #grows #one thing

Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it." Francie wished adults would stop telling her that. Already the load of thanks in the future was weighing her down. She figured she'd have to spend the best years of her womanhood hunting up people to tell them that they were right and to thank them. ↗

— Betty Smith

#betty-smith #humor #thanks #humor

You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it. ↗

— Bootsy Collins

#care #get #grows #just #plant

I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans. ↗

— Gareth Gates

#confidence #difficult #due #fans #find

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. ↗

— Milton Glaser

#desire #element #even #grows #independent

Every Palestinian family feels the effects of the international embargo. But the more the pressure on the government grows, the more support we receive, both from the Palestinian street and from the Arab and Islamic world. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#both #effects #embargo #every #family

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#caring #facial #gives #grows #her

He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation. ↗

— Eugen Herrigel

#any #capable #come #daily #effort

That's the reason some schools of thinking don't rule out a destruction of the Chinese military potential before the situation grows worse than it is today. It's bad enough now. ↗

— Curtis LeMay

#before #chinese #destruction #enough #grows