#grow

She fixed a smile that she hoped looked authentic. Pretending to be content continued to be hard work. ↗

— Stacy Hawkins Adams

#fiction #identity #personal-growth #women-s-fiction #faith

Sometimes in life we take a leap of faith. Remember, the leap is not about getting from one side to the other. It's simply about taking the leap....and trusting the air, the universal breath, will support your wings so that you may soar. ↗

— Kristi Bowman

#inspirational #personal-development #personal-growth #trust #faith

We do not just go through life blindly,we create our own journey. Your faith has sculpted you into the human being you have become. ↗

— Judie McCarty

#self-help #spiritual-growth #faith

Sometimes in storm weather the shore had fluttered with disabled swallows. They crouched lower for his approach, without strength to escape. In his hands they pulsed with that same pulse. He had taken a bird and warmed it between his hands or inside his jacket, brought the life back until it was able to fly. Sometimes, released from his hands, they circled once around him before flying away; in gratitude, or so the child had believed--and the belief had survived all the man's science. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#growing-up #reason #faith

A person can choose to stand against adversity, but most people will run from it before they come to terms with who they truly are, a wise person watches through adversity and follows the signs when it is their turn to stand. ↗

— Faith Brashear

#fraud-and-conspiracy #just-do-it #justice #liberty #life-lessons

You can do anything you want to do, if you want to do it bad enough. ↗

— Tim Carter my dad

#encouragement #faith #self-growth #support #faith

Growing up, Renaldo and his father had a great relationship. At least until his father went and slept with someone else. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #growing-up #humor #relationship #funny

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#growth #self-improvement #change

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#because #grow #old #playing #quit

I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#bravery #courage #critic #critical #criticism