Quotes about Growth

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

As I have often said, governments don't produce economic growth, people do.

I have, by God's grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God's mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin by my own effort, so I have something to say to the fellow-sufferer who does not know where to look for hope. And what I have to say depends utterly on my willingness not to let go of that awareness of myself that reminds me where I start each day—not as a finished saint but as a needy person still struggling to grow.

Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.

Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.

an adventure that every human being has to live through, learning to be anxious so as not to be ruined either by never having been in anxiety or by sinking into it. Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.

Only the lower natures forget themselves and become something new. For instance, the butterfly has entirely forgotten that it was a caterpillar; perhaps in turn it can forget that it was a butterfly so completely that it can become a fish. The

If a person does not become what he understands, then he does not understand it either.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.