| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 14976 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century), U.S. parent educator. Your Child’s Self-Esteem, ch. 13 (1975). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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