Growth

St. John Vianney quote on growth: "The saints did not all begin well, but they ended well."

St. John Vianney

C.S. Lewis quote on growth: "Where we find difficulty, we may always expect that a discovery awaits us."

C.S. Lewis

E.E. Cummings quote on growth: "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

E.E. Cummings

Max De Pree quote on growth: "We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are."

Max De Pree

St. John of the Cross quote on growth: "The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light."

St. John of the Cross

Kim Viti Fiorentino quote on growth: "We are tiny mosaics and only God can see the whole picture."

Kim Viti Fiorentino

Flannery O’Connor quote about growth: "It is better to be young in your failures than young in your successes."

Flannery O’Connor

C.S. Lewis quote on growth: "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny."

C.S. Lewis

St. Rose of Lima quote on growth: "The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases."

St. Rose of Lima

Dorothy Day quote on growth: "We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives."

Dorothy Day

St. Mother Teresa quote on growth: "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has yet to come. We only have today. Let us begin."

St. Mother Teresa

St. Catherine of Siena quote on growth: "Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring."

St. Catherine of Siena

Blessed Chiara Luce Badano quote on love: "I still have my heart, and with that, I can always love."

Arthur Ashe

Flannery O'Connor quote on growth: "Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."

Flannery O’Connor

Cardinal John Henry Newman quote about growth: "To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

Cardinal John Henry Newman

St. Augustine quote about greatness.

St. Augustine

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