Quotes About Growth

The mindset ideas were developed as a counter to the self-esteem movement of blanketing everyone with praise, whether deserved or not.

All these labels and praises scare me. I am very simple, and I feel like a newcomer because I never stopped learning.

I would like to praise all of my coaches, from Pep to the first I had as a kid, because all of them have helped make me who I am.

Everything I get praised for, I can still work on and get better.

I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do... Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can't grow and be better.

No matter how much you pray or fast, our country cannot grow without some of us deciding to do the hard work that makes nations work.

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

When I pray, I ask for guidance in my life to be the best person I can be, to learn what I need to learn, and to grow from what I learn.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

I prayed every day of my life, and that was instilled in me as a kid, and as I've gotten older, that's just matured in me.

Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it.

When I was a little child, my parents taught me by example to pray. I began with a picture in my mind of Heavenly Father being far away. As I have matured, my experience with prayer has changed. The picture in my mind has become one of a Heavenly Father who is close by, who is bathed in a bright light, and who knows me perfectly.

I remember just praying, 'Dear Lord, please let me grow to be at least 6 feet.'

Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.

As much as I preach self-love, it's so hard for me to love myself. It's really hard, and it's just about building a good network of people and, in this case, a good network of artists. Trying to live your ideals as best as you can.

Some of the best leaders in the world find they learn something every day to be a better leader. Whether it's developing a relationship, learning what someone likes or doesn't like, putting forth the extra effort so guys understand you do what you preach.

Because we are continually growing in the Lord, preachers and lay people alike must be open to the Lord's correction.

You can get fixed ideas, and it can get restrictive. So, I try to put myself in a precarious position.

I wrote my first album almost as an entitled child. 'Taxidermy' is written by a much more precarious, untrusting adult.

I realized I needed to take more responsibility, be more mature, not to lose the ball in precarious areas. In past I was apathetic, didn't think too much.

The fact that childhood ends is exactly what makes it so precious - and why you should cherish it while it lasts.

I'd be making beats pretty much every day after school and it just grew and grew. I wasn't precious about my music. I just loved creating and putting stuff out there.

Don't get attached to any one idea. Nothing is too precious.