Quotes about Development

Few, if any, survive their teens.

You do your best until you know better, then you do better.

As we develop our lives, set our goals, and find things to do that interest us, peace will become comfortable—more comfortable than chaos.

Struggling is okay. Back-stepping is okay. Small bits of progress are not only okay, they're admirable.

The question is not whether a nation makes mistakes; the question is whether a nation learns from its mistakes, builds on that knowledge it gains over time, and grows in wisdom. Those nations who learn from their mistakes will become wise, while those who repeat the same mistakes over and over again, expecting a different result, are foolish.

How important it was to learn your own strengths and weaknesses from your mistakes.

Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.

God is thoroughly committed to finishing the masterpiece He started in us. And that process means one major thing: change.

God is thoroughly committed to finishing the masterpiece He started in us. And that process means one major thing: change.

God made to spring up. It's a wonder that God would choose to slowly grow what He could have simply created grown. Why on earth would He go to the trouble to plant a garden forced to sprout rather than commanding it into existence, full bloom? Why leave His desk and get His pant legs soiled? Because God likes watching things grow.

Pervasive gender exclusivity in the organic development of the church does not—indeed, it cannot—bear ripe fruit, because half of what is required for maturity is all but missing. It's tantamount to slicing the body of Christ at the waist and dividing it pound for pound. We could claim each half got their share, but the body would still be in pieces.

My reputation grows with every failure.