Quotes about Growth

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure...it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

I]f it be any part of religion to believe that man was made by a good Being, it is more consistent with that faith to believe, that this Being gave all human faculties that they might be cultivated and unfolded, not rooted out and consumed, and that he takes delight in every nearer approach made by his creatures to the ideal conception embodied in them, every increase in any of their capabilities of comprehension, of action, or of enjoyment.

But you know He doesn't take away the rough times. He helps you through them. Besides, all the difficult stuff makes you grow. It helps you depend on Him and not on yourself." Doug to Christy, pg. 156

I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.

In Africa we having a saying, 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' ...Before I go back home, I want you to consider us, Katie. Ponder what it would be like if we went together. Not alone and fast but together and far.

I've learned that everything happens for a reason," the yogi Krishnan told him. "Every event has a why and all adversity teaches us a lesson... Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.

Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of you future. You will never be the same.

Even our deepest disappointments will ultimately prove to be gatekeepers for future delight.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.