Quotes about Growth

The more and better thou knowest, the more heavy will be thy judgment unless thy life be also more holy.

let thy discourse be concerning things which edify.

As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man. When a man begins to grow lax, he fears a little toil and welcomes external comfort, but when he begins perfectly to conquer himself and to walk bravely in the ways of God, then he thinks those things less difficult which he thought so hard before.

To assume you have it all figured out is a warning signal that you aren't humble enough to listen to God and to others. If you refuse to chisel away at arrogant attitudes, trouble lies ahead. You know very little if you claim to have all the answers.

Who is forced to struggle more than he who tries to master himself? This ought to be our purpose, then: to conquer self, to become stronger each day, to advance in virtue.

As often as I have been among men, I have returned home a lesser man.

given to thee. If it seemeth to thee that thou knowest many things, and understandest them well, know also that there are many more things which thou knowest

He who shaneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.

To him who, though by no means near the end, is yet advancing, He is the way; to him who has put off all that is dead He is the life.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

Sometimes, when you're building a company, out of necessity there's just a gazillion things you have to learn and figure out.

My rookie year in New England was mind-blowing.