“When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body.”
Heather Locklear
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”
Max Lerner
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise”
Alden Nowlan
“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.”
The Wonder Years
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.”
Ethel Barrymore
“Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.”
Beverly Mitchell
“Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.”
Dr. James C. Dobson