Quotes about Growth
Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other's roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
— John Bunyan
The new convert is tested to see if the words he professes are justified with corresponding fruit in his life. Christian's
— John Bunyan
presently I found two things within me, at which I did sometimes marvel (especially considering what a blind, ignorant, sordid and ungodly wretch but just before I was). The one was a very great softness and tenderness of heart, which caused me to fall under the conviction of what by scripture they asserted, and the other was a great bending in my mind, to a continual meditating on it, and on all other good things, which at any time I heard or read of.
— John Bunyan
Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.
— John Maxwell
True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.
— John Maxwell
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
— John Maxwell
Live to learn and you will really learn to live.
— John Maxwell
It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.
— John Maxwell
One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.
— John Maxwell
It's good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don't step out of your gift zone.
— John Maxwell
God uses people who fail—'cause there aren't any other kind around.
— John Maxwell
Comparing yourself to others is really just a needless distraction. The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by focusing on what you can do today to improve and grow.
— John Maxwell