CURATED COLLECTION

Being Patient With Your Own Growth

You would not shout at a seed for not being a tree — on extending that same grace to yourself.

18 quotes found

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She knew that love was like a seed; it needed care to grow.

—Laura EsquivelNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Only a love that is constantly growing, that is always creating, can overcome life.

—Maria DąbrowskaNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

—HafizLyric Poet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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The wound is the place where the light enters you.

—Jalal ad-Din RumiPoet & Scholar

Medieval ERA • Central Asia

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You have flowers growing out of your scars. What a beautiful thing.

—Nikita GillPoet & Author

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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It is never too late to be what you might have been.

—George EliotScholar & Thinker

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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The darkest hour is the sign that dawn is near.

—Ibn Ata Allah al-IskandariScholar & Author

Medieval ERA • North Africa

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Tears are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of a strong heart.

—Ba JinNovelist & Thinker

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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Being a mom is not easy. I've had so many problems.

—Serena WilliamsTennis Champion

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

—Eleanor RooseveltDiplomat & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

—John LennonMusician & Activist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

—Virginia WoolfModernist Novelist & Essayist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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The world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it.

—Rupi KaurPoet

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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Let me begin again. Let me revise.

—Ocean VuongPoet & Novelist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Your story matters, even the parts that feel broken. Especially those parts.

—Roseanne A. BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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The only trick of friendship is to find people who are better than you.

—Hanya YanagiharaNovelist & Editor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I've had to learn to love myself. It was a journey.

—Serena WilliamsTennis Champion

Digital Age ERA • North America

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You are not your mistakes. You are not your past.

—Taylor SwiftPop Singer

Digital Age ERA • North America