Quotes about Growth

Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it perfectly.

If our faith isn't rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil.

A muscle becomes weak if it is not used. To become strong, a muscle must push against something.

Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.

The more man learns, the less he knows.

I missed the joy of seeing our children grow and change. I thank God for watching over them during those years.

Our ministries are strengthened, sometimes more than we realize, by our devotional life.

Just as America has grown and prospered within the framework of our Constitution, so Christianity has flourished and spread according to the laws set forth in the Bible.

God gave us our children so we could prepare them to become adults.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.

Many children today are growing up without discipline. As they become adults and the discipline of job or family demands are placed upon them, they do not know how to cope . . .children need discipline to be useful members of society. Likewise, God's children need discipline to be useful members of His family.