Quotes about Growth

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, " I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely.

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

God's purpose for my life is to increasingly grow in my personal knowledge of God as I follow Him in a life of faith. And then to make Him known to others.