Quotes about Growth

God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It's what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

The most oft-cited line of Newman's An Essay on the Development of Doctrine is situated in this context: "In a higher world it may be otherwise; but here below, to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often." So indeed, Pope John's Newman-like image of the "flourishing garden of life" effectively holds off a stuffy traditionalism.

Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be.

Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius.

Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?"

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.

Looking back, you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life, and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again.

It's like this. Father Time keeps pitching the years at us. We swing and miss at a few. We hit a few out of the park. We try not to take any called strikes.

I cultivate my garden, and my garden cultivates me.

There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.

One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings.