Quotes about Growth

Life is a series of changes—a process of going from the old to the new—from chronos to kairos. Growth, change, revival—all are processes. Life is connected. Not understanding this, we tend to despise the chronos times of preparing, sowing, believing and persevering. Our preference is to always live in the kairos times of fresh and strategic opportunities.

God helps watchmen by pointing out what needs to be seen and heard to aid the growth and health of a church.

The next morning, walking about the charred embers of so many of his hopes and dreams, the sixty-seven-year-old Edison said, "There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew."

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.

Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

All life's training is just exactly what is needed for the true Life-work, still out of view but far away from none of us. Don't grudge me the learning of a new lesson.

I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many years later, I watched HuffPost come alive

The moment you make passive income and portfolio income a part of your life, your life will change. Those words will become flesh.