Quotes about Development

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.

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

The amateur is often unkind or insensitive to others, but she saves her most exquisite cruelty for herself.

We want a rite of passage. We want to grow up.

There is a lot of growing required.

Try as we may, we can't change ourselves in any significant way.

I think it's really important to talk education, to talk infrastructure, to talk good jobs and the future of work.

There's nothing efficient about innovation.

Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.