Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or growth:
“I went to my fathers at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswells brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, Hes your son, and God made him. He answered very harshly, If my sons are idiots, can I help it?”
—James Boswell (17401795)
“Every child has an inner timetable for growtha 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)