108 Growing Up Quotes That Perfectly Capture Life’s Journey

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1. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

– Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Quote: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

2. “The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother

– Sharon Olds

Sharon Olds Quote: “The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother”

3. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

– Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso Quote: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”

4. “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving

– Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quote: “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving”

5. “Growing up, we are told many things; one being, you can do anything. But somewhere between child and adult, things change.

– Julie Hebert

Julie Hebert Quote: “Growing up, we are told many things; one being, you can do anything. But somewhere between child and adult, things change.”

6. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

– Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton Quote: “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”

7. “Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

– Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quote: “Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.”

8. “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

– Malcolm X

Malcolm X Quote: “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”

9. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

10. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

– E. E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings Quote: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

11. “Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

– Chili Davis

Chili Davis Quote: “Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.”

12. “When you grow up, you’ll be older but those memories you have as a kid last forever.

– Xander Bogaerts

Xander Bogaerts Quote: “When you grow up, you'll be older but those memories you have as a kid last forever.”

13. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

– Les Brown

Les Brown Quote: “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”

14. “We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one’s life completely.

– Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale Quote: “We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.”

15. “Life is about change, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time it’s both

– Lana Lang

Lana Lang Quote: “Life is about change, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time it’s both”

16. “We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

– Bryan White

Bryan White Quote: “We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.”

17. “Growing up is hard. Otherwise everyone would do it.

– Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison Quote: “Growing up is hard. Otherwise everyone would do it.”

18. “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different?

– C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis Quote: “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different?”

19. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

– Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall Quote: “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

20. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

– John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Quote: “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

21. “The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything

– Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Quote: “The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything”

22. “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

– Angela Schwindt

Angela Schwindt Quote: “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”

23. “I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying

– Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Quote: “I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying”

24. “That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up

– Walt Disney

Walt Disney Quote: “That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up”

25. “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin Quote: “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”

26. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

– Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

27. “Yes. Growing up is highly overrated. Just be an author.

– Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman Quote: “Yes. Growing up is highly overrated. Just be an author.”

28. “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

– Franklin P. Jones

Franklin P. Jones Quote: “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”

29. “Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

– Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard Quote: “Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.”

30. “As long as you’re green, you’re growing. As soon as you’re ripe, you start to rot.

– Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc Quote: “As long as you’re green, you’re growing. As soon as you’re ripe, you start to rot.”

31. “You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

– Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore Quote: “You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.”

32. “The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.

– Robin Sharma

Robin Sharma Quote: “The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.”

33. “Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

– Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers Quote: “Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.”

34. “’Oh,’ she thought, ‘How horrible it is that people have to grow up and marry and change!’

– L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “’Oh,’ she thought, ‘How horrible it is that people have to grow up and marry and change!’”

35. “Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

– Mark Twain

Mark Twain Quote: “Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.”

36. “I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

– Tina Turner

Tina Turner Quote: “I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.”

37. “Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

– Aesop

Aesop Quote: “Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.”

38. “When we’re growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

– Elliot Page

Elliot Page Quote: “When we’re growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.”

39. “So many people try to grow up too fast, and it’s not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

– Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens Quote: “So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!”

40. “Maturity is the moment one regains the seriousness one had as a child at play

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Quote: “Maturity is the moment one regains the seriousness one had as a child at play”

41. “The day you realize you’re not as young as you used to be is the day you start to grow young

– Marty Rubin

Marty Rubin Quote: “The day you realize you're not as young as you used to be is the day you start to grow young”

42. “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

– Stacia Tauscher

Stacia Tauscher Quote: “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.”

43. “A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all.

– Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden Quote: “A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all.”

44. “Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.

– Richard Bach

Richard Bach Quote: “Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.”

45. “Permit yourself to change your mind when something is no longer working for you.

– Nedra Glover Tawwab

Nedra Glover Tawwab Quote: “Permit yourself to change your mind when something is no longer working for you.”

46. “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

– Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow Quote: “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”

47. “The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.

– Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Quote: “The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.”

48. “Growing up is important, and I’ve got to do that gracefully, but also keep myself at a good pace.

– Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus Quote: “Growing up is important, and I’ve got to do that gracefully, but also keep myself at a good pace.”

49. “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.

– Phyllis Diller

Phyllis Diller Quote: “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”

50. “You need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.

– David Green

David Green Quote: “You need an attitude of service. You're not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.”

51. “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; Now I have six children and no theories.

– John Wilmot

John Wilmot Quote: “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; Now I have six children and no theories.”

52. “We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

– Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quote: “We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”

53. “Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life.

– Deborah Day

Deborah Day Quote: “Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life.”

54. “I don’t ever want to grow up. That’s boring.

– Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “I don't ever want to grow up. That's boring.”

55. “I’m not a practice religion freak. I didn’t grow up in a religious family, but I have a faith.

– Robin Wright

Robin Wright Quote: “I'm not a practice religion freak. I didn't grow up in a religious family, but I have a faith.”

56. “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quote: “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.”

57. “Some day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

– C. S. Lewis.

C. S. Lewis. Quote: “Some day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

58. “By the time you’re eighty years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it

– George Burns

George Burns Quote: “By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it”

59. “The question isn’t so much, Are you parenting the right way? as it is; Are you the adult you want your child to grow up to be?

– Brene Brown

Brene Brown Quote: “The question isn’t so much, Are you parenting the right way? as it is; Are you the adult you want your child to grow up to be?”

60. “You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.

– John J. Plomp

John J. Plomp Quote: “You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.”

61. “When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

– Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller Quote: “When I grow up I want to be a little boy.”

62. “Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don’t grow old. Face it you are young.

– Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker Quote: “Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.”

63. “Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

– Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson Quote: “Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?”

64. “I don’t want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.

– Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors Quote: “I don’t want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.”

65. “I would like to think that all of my successes in life are really just the fruit of my failures.

– Yvie Oddly

Yvie Oddly Quote: “I would like to think that all of my successes in life are really just the fruit of my failures.”

66. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

– Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Quote: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”

67. “In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.

– Pat Paulsen

Pat Paulsen Quote: “In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.”

68. “I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

– Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead Quote: “I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.”

69. “Don’t waste your youth growing up

– Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso Quote: “Don’t waste your youth growing up”

70. “One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

– Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes Quote: “One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.”

71. “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.

– James C. Dobson

James C. Dobson Quote: “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.”

72. “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

– Charles R. Swindoll

Charles R. Swindoll Quote: “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”

73. “Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up.

– Daniel Black

Daniel Black Quote: “Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up.”

74. “If You’ve Never Been Hated By Your Child, You’ve Never Been a Parent

– Bette Davis

Bette Davis Quote: “If You’ve Never Been Hated By Your Child, You’ve Never Been a Parent”

75. “When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.

– Paul Mccartney

Paul Mccartney Quote: “When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.”

76. “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.

– Cardinal Mermillod

Cardinal Mermillod Quote: “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.”

77. “All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

– Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro Quote: “All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.”

78. “If you didn’t grow up like I did then you don’t know, and if you don’t know it’s probably better you don’t judge.

– Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz Quote: “If you didn’t grow up like I did then you don’t know, and if you don’t know it’s probably better you don’t judge.”

79. “Your son will always be your little boy and your daughters will always be your little girls!

– Felicisima Nietes De Jesus

Felicisima Nietes De Jesus Quote: “Your son will always be your little boy and your daughters will always be your little girls!”

80. “You grow up by making mistakes. I’ve made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don’t mind.

– Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson Quote: “You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.”

81. “Sometimes, You will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

– Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Quote: “Sometimes, You will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

82. “Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.

– Ally Condie

Ally Condie Quote: “Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”

83. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

– Carl Bard

Carl Bard Quote: “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

84. “Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they’ve learned.

– Dorothy Nolte

Dorothy Nolte Quote: “Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they’ve learned.”

85. “When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.

– Karen E. Quinones Miller

Karen E. Quinones Miller Quote: “When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.”

86. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be”

87. “Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

– Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf Quote: “Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.”

88. “These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here.

– Emile Zola

Emile Zola Quote: “These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here.”

89. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.

– Diane Von Furstenberg

Diane Von Furstenberg Quote: “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.”

90. “In a democracy, every little wrong idea may grow up to become national policy

– Ashleigh Brilliant

Ashleigh Brilliant Quote: “In a democracy, every little wrong idea may grow up to become national policy”

91. “A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

– Robert Frost

Robert Frost Quote: “A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”

92. “The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

– John C. Maxwell

John C. Maxwell Quote: “The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”

93. “As I learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother.

– Prince William

Prince William Quote: “As I learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother.”

94. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly

– Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson Quote: “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly”

95. “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.

– Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Quote: “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.”

96. “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.

– Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan Quote: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.”

97. “Children are a great comfort in your old age- and they help you reach it faster too.

– Lionel Kauffman

Lionel Kauffman Quote: “Children are a great comfort in your old age- and they help you reach it faster too.”

98. “Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it’s to raise kids who become great adults.

– Andy Andrews

Andy Andrews Quote: “Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it’s to raise kids who become great adults.”

99. “All kids need a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them.

– Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson Quote: “All kids need a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them.”

101. “I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms.

– Timothy D. Snyder

Timothy D. Snyder Quote: “I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms.”

102. “You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.

– George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw Quote: “You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”

103. “Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.

– Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone Quote: “Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.”

104. “Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes

– Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett Quote: “Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes”

105. “The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

– Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri Quote: “The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”

106. “Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.

– Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare Quote: “Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.”

107. “To be able to watch your children’s children grow up is truly a blessing from above.

– Byron Pulsifer

Byron Pulsifer Quote: “To be able to watch your children’s children grow up is truly a blessing from above.”

108. “You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.

– Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman Quote: “You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.”
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