Quotes about Growth

Seek to establish an environment conducive to study in the home.

I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn't feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.

Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.

When I was younger, I had a terrible problem with stuttering.

Free agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan's plan of force. With this sublime gift, we can grow, improve, progress, and seek perfection.

Readers should aspire to what is excellent. They should refuse to read a substitute Bible. They should want a Bible that calls them to their higher selves - or to something higher than their current level of attainment.

People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave--with both ends kicked out.

We must be careful not to be so scared of getting out on a limb that we never get up the tree.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.