Our experiences are the building blocks of the future hewn out of the granite of the present.
I have outgrown so much, I think at some point we all do ~ we reach a stage in our life where we are forced to make a change, forced to cut friendships, relationships, jobs and places we once called h...
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mature
(a.) Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand.
I am thankful that there are those among us who have sacrificed dearly on behalf of us. And I ardently pray to God that I might be less like myself and more like them.
Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prude...
We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss.
We grow apart because we grow in different stages and not all of our stages align.
One can only hope that our horizons widen as we grow taller.
It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities.
The adult within me would be much wiser to learn from the child within me rather than focus on the demand that the child within me grow up.
Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it has given me . It has provided time and experience and failures and triumphs and time-tested friends who have helped me step into the shape...
The greatest mistake is to think that we ever know why we do things...I suppose the nearest we can ever come to it is by getting what old people call 'experience.' But by the time we've got that we're...
I've always figured it that you die each day and each day is a box, you see, all numbered and neat; but never go back and lift the lids, because you've died a couple of thousand times in your life, an...