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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will read more
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long read more
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it falls and die that night--
It was the plant and flower of Light.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less read more
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.
And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
