Quotes about Development

And every philosophy of history bears in itself the seed of a theology.

The Spirit's work in the renewal of things proceeds according to a fixed, systematic method, in certain distinct stages.

Consequently, if the church is going to leave a permanent mark on the community through a growing body of changed lives, it must constantly expand its leadership capacity, which entails both an increased number of leaders and an enhanced quality of leaders.

Are you satisfied with the nature of your church today but simply want your church to be bigger?

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The capital city had grown in alarming fashion: cardboard walls, tin roofs, people in rags clearly visible along the road from the airport. Since this made a very bad impression on visitors, for a long time the solution was to put up walls to hide them. As one politician said, 'Where there is poverty, hide it.

Because he had hardened his soul and silenced his conscience with the excuse of progress

The General was right. No one dies of hunger here - you reach out your hand and pluck a mango. That's why there is no progress. Cold countries have more advanced civilizations because the climate forces people to work.

If I hear that Quito, Ecuador, is doing something to have a whole area of town that's zero emissions, and we're thinking about that in Los Angeles' downtown, I'm like, 'I better catch up.'

Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.

We want to take ourselves out of our comfort zones; when you're in your comfort zone for so long, you only play to a certain level.