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quotes for growth

Growth is rarely obvious when you're in it. It can look like quiet mornings where you choose differently, uncomfortable conversations that stretch you, or small habits you finally stick with. Personal growth doesn’t always come with applause or clear milestones. Often, it unfolds in private moments where you keep going, even when it’s hard. Choosing growth means choosing to stay curious about who you're becoming, one decision at a time.

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Roosevelt’s words, spoken over a century ago, still land with a quiet force in a world that often demands more than we feel capable of giving. Theodore Roosevelt’s call... See more

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words feel as bold now as they did in the 19th century, a call to live not by... See more

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

- George Eliot

It is never too late to be what you might have been. That line, written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), holds a kind of quiet permission: to begin again, to change course, to become. In... See more

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

- nelson mandela

Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it's done,” and I think that sentence finds its way into your heart when you're standing at the edge of something you can't quite imagine finishing. He wasn’t speaking from theory.... See more

"And still, like dust, I'll rise."

- Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou’s words, “And still, like dust, I'll rise,” land softly and powerfully at once. It’s not just a declaration, but a quiet defiance, the kind that doesn’t shout but stands its ground. She wrote that line in her 1978... See more

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Facing the Challenge You Fear Eleanor Roosevelt once said "You must do the thing you think you cannot do," and those words still resonate today. She said that during a time when women were expected to stay in the background... See more