Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or growth:
“Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof.”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
“Every child has an inner timetable for growth—a pattern unique to him. . . . Growth is not steady, forward, upward progression. It is instead a switchback trail; three steps forward, two back, one around the bushes, and a few simply standing, before another forward leap.”
—Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)