Quotes about Growth

The temptation that comes from without does not necessarily weaken character; indeed, when conquered, it affords an opportunity for holiness to increase.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some really low lows. I've been so blessed that I could never say, 'I wish this didn't happen.' It's part of who I am. There's nothing in my life that's so ugh.

Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.