Quotes about Growth

Live, love and learn

This is why we believe in Jesus Christ—to help us see that we are not what we ought to be and to help us become what we ought to be.

Good books are over your head; they would not be good for you if they were not. And books that are over your head weary you unless you can reach up to them and pull yourself up their level.

You must tackle books that are beyond you, or, as we have said, books that are over your head. Only books of that sort will make you stretch your mind. And unless you stretch, you will not learn.

We must also realize-students, teachers, and laymen alike-that even when we have accomplished the task that lies before us, we will not have accomplished the whole task. We must be more than a nation of functional literates. We must become a nation of truly competent readers, recognizing all that the word competent implies. Nothing less wil satisfy the needs of the world that is coming.

if we lack resources within ourselves, we cease to grow intellectually, morally, and spiritually. And when we cease to grow, we begin to die.

It is not the stretching that tires you, but the frustration of stretching unsuccessfully because you lack the skill to stretch effectively.

One reader is better than another in proportion as he is capable of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort. He is better if he demands more of himself and of the text before him.

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.

We are a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both great and small.

A person's readiness to date is largely a matter of maturity and environment.

Mark it down—your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.