Quotes about Growth

I appreciate my journey, but I don't want that for my kid. Not any of it. It has nothing to do with whether I liked my childhood. I really did. But as a parent, that isn't the childhood that I'd provide.

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth.

Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will have no greater satisfaction as the years pass than to see those children grow in integrity and honesty and make something of their lives.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

When we long for life without difficulty, remind us that oaks grow strong under contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

And so, this was the final major theme we found: that when a group of people, no matter how small or ordinary, was willing to die out to their selfish desires, the life which came out of that death was immeasurable, and continued to affect lives far into the future.

When we long for a live without difficulties, remind us that diamonds are made under pressure and oaks grow strong in contrary winds.

emotional health and spiritual maturity are inseparable. It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.

Changing the way we have lived for twenty or forty or sixty years is nothing short of a revolution. 4.

Be willing to tolerate the discomfort necessary for growth.

The critical issue on the journey with God is not "Am I happy?" but "Am I free?

We can't change—or better said, invite God to change us—when we are unaware and do not see the truth.