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“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
Abraham Lincoln
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”
Max Lerner
“Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.”
Dr. James C. Dobson
“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.”
The Wonder Years
“Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.”
Beverly Mitchell
“Mistakes are a natural part of growing up. They're to be expected and made light of. But children bloom like spring flowers under praise. They want so much to be noticed and appreciated, to excel and have that excellence noticed.”
Earl Nightingale
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise”
Alden Nowlan
“I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.”
Elizabeth Taylor
“Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.”
Peter B. Medawar
“I was a mostly happy child, though I had a pretty rough puberty. Growing up as a girl is always traumatizing, especially when you have the deadly combination of greasy skin and getting your boobs at ten. But I think it's good to grow up that way. It builds character.”
Tina Fey
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