Quotes About Growth

Read constantly. Read the kind of stuff you wish you could write. Read until your brain creaks.

He who walks with the wise will be wise, Scripture saith, and he who walks with the witty will eventually start to pop off himself.

How is it possible to live like a machine and bear fruit like a tree?

The point of a true education is to, by the grace of God, learn how to refuse to let the soul get old.

Relationships are supposed to mature. This maturing means growth and improvement, not the constant buzz of the initial rush.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.' (Prov. 27:17) In a similar way that conversation sharpens a man's countenance, conversation with men throughout history sharpens a man's mind... If this is the case, and it is, then a point should be made to seek out profitable companions in a disciplined fashion throughout your life with books.

You read widely to be shaped, not so that you might be prepared to regurgitate. TAKEAWAY

boys must be instructed on how to grow up into glory and how to fulfill their responsibility to be representative, responsible, and holy.

The brain is not a shoebox that "gets full," but is rather a muscle that expands its capacity with increased use. The more you know, the more you can know.

As we bring up our children, we should descend to their level in one sense (humility) in order to lead them to our level (maturity).

Had he ever told Cindi about that junior high crush? Probably. What did it matter? There had been three other crushes, probably that same year. That's what junior high is for.

Of course, marriage in one sense changes who you are in certain ways, but it also simply amplifies what you are. Many people think that when they got married, they turned into selfish people. What actually happened is they plugged the guitar into the amp and turned it up to eleven, and the selfish tune they had been playing the whole time suddenly became audible.

But do you want to be efficient like a machine, or fruitful like a tree?

One writer has helpfully noted that education is about formation, not so much information.

When you write a page and delete the whole thing, there is a sense in which it is not deleted. The better writer who remained behind is still there.

as I have been thinking about this, I decided it might be better to be a broken man than a man who never risked breaking anything.

your readings are the trees where your fallen leaves would come from. Mind mulch. Cognitive compost.

Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.

If boys don't learn, men won't know.

If there are weeds in my garden, I have a problem. But it does not lead me to question the existence of lettuce.

Be at peace with being lousy for a while. Chesterton once said that anything worth doing was worth doing badly. He was right. Only an insufferable egoist expects to be brilliant first time out.

For the people of God, the Word of God leaves pleasant bruises.

What happens when we grow up? (We may try to put away childish things, but we can't, or shouldn't. The best thing that can happen is that we turn those things into something bigger and more beautiful.)

I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust.