Quotes about growing
growing-up dad kids
I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble. Donald Miller
growing-up ukulele play
I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink. Dwayne Johnson
growing-up parent house
My parents listened to music in our house all the time when we were growing up. It was everything from Dolly Parton to Paul Simon... We packed in everything. Clare Bowen
growing-up maturity years
When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we grow up, yet from birth we all have a need for affection. The emotions we experience today have not changed much over the last few thousand years, but the interest increasing numbers of people are showing in their inner world and how their emotions work is a sign of maturity. Dalai Lama
growing-up water littles
[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible. Dolly Parton
growing-up children magic
I love the energy of children. It makes me feel young. I'm just drawn to them. They're like magic to me. And they're drawn to me, the childlike part of me that never did grow up.
growing-up pants pairs
My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them.
growing-up boys high-heels
I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.
growing-up color skins
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of my life and friendships. I learned quickly how to stand alone. Dinaw Mengestu
growing-up guy culture
I'm an Asian guy growing up in London so I see myself as British, but India is part of my culture. Dev Patel
growing-up children compassion
Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the family. Whether we oppress or liberate our children in our relationships with them will determine whether they grow up to oppress and be oppressed or to liberate and be liberated. Desmond Tutu
growing-up nice actors
Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice. Dermot Mulroney
growing-up children people
It would be hard to imagine Heaven without children. It wouldn't be Heaven! It would be a pretty boring place without children. What are we going to do, all get to be old people and then stagnate and that's the end of it? Once all those that are already born grow up, the place would really lack life without new generations of children! If there were no children, it would be a dead society. David Berg
growing-up way dolls
I had a Super Grover doll growing up. Super Grover was very clumsy, he wasn't very good-looking. But in his own way he'd always save the day. Dave Grohl
growing-up hero thinking
I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.
growing-up team love-is
I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special. David Wright
growing-up thinking years
I think Jennifer Lawrence is that inside of herself. As long as I've known her she's been both 10 years old and 50 years old. And we've watched her grow up since she walked on "Silver Linings Playbook" as a 20-year-old and had not been - "Hunger Games" had not come out. And I've watched her have to take on and deal with a great deal of attention and resources and people. David O. Russell
growing-up childhood body
They have, and bring with them, that upper-body strength. They have apparently developed that in their childhood and growing up, and they've further advanced in that regard. Daryl Gates
growing-up reading growing
I had a lot of reading problems growing up. Dav Pilkey
growing-up ghouls giving
When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time. Darius Rucker
growing-up writing practice
When I was growing up, I had no idea that I could possibly become a writer. I wrote endlessly in journals - a practice I maintained for a long time, well into the writing life I had no idea I could ever have. Dani Shapiro
growing-up grows
You grow up a lot on set, but it doesn't change you. Dakota Blue Richards
growing-up believe community
I believe that Reverend [Florine] Thompson's hit on something. My parents, I and a lot of my friends growing up in that community had tremendous drive. Condoleezza Rice
growing-up nerd records
I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up. Colin Hanks
growing-up book writing
Sedaris, in his essay in the It Gets Better book, writes that when he was growing up nobody called him gay because you might as well have called him a warlock. Nobody knew what gay was. Dan Savage
growing-up forever doubt
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever. Dan Rather
growing-up moving son
Boys do not grow up gradually. They move forward in spurts like the hands of clocks in railway stations. Cyril Connolly
growing-up giving trying
Growing up in my family, it wasn't important that we always be the best; it was important that we were going to try to be our best and give it our all. Daphne Oz
growing-up meat vegetarian
I didn't grow up eating meat - I was a vegetarian until I was 18.
growing-up watches nightmare
I am actually a big sissy, and growing up, I never used to watch horror movies. Bambi gave me nightmares. Danielle Panabaker
growing-up acting wanted
Growing up, I wasnt sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry. Daniella Alonso
growing-up men numbers
There is one unmistakable lesson in American history: A community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future Daniel Patrick Moynihan
growing-up athlete thinking
I've tried, at every step in life, to find a lesson. And accepting criticism with the same grace that you do the applause is something every young athlete needs to learn. ... I think it served me well to learn how to handle everything that came with the game's ups and downs. Some people call it growing another layer of skin. I just call it growing up. Dan Marino