Quotes About Growth

I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.

It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don't you invest more time being interested?" Collin's advice from John Gardner that he took to heart.

Wheat—like men and women—benefits from being crushed. Crushing makes it fit to stand up all the better.

You can't look back. You can't dial up euphoria on demand, or try to recreate what happened a quarter century ago. You move forward and you live your life and try to be a better person every day than you were the day before. You take each day as a new journey, even as you are grateful for the ones you have already had.

The old saying is true: If you have only the Word, you dry up. If you have only the Spirit, you blow up. But if you have both, you grow up.

Instead of trying to bring men and women to Christ in the biblical way, we are consumed with the unbiblical concept of "church growth." The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.

If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.

We pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10).

There will be more Christlikeness in us only when we humble ourselves and say, 'God, I can't live the life you meant for me on my own. I don't have the love, wisdom, or power. But come, Holy Spirit, and pour it into me. Teach me what it means to walk in the Spirit.

But the Bible teaches that we are always either drawing nearer to God or falling away. There is no holding pattern.

You cannot learn anything from success, you only learn from failure.

We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.

you're a mess now, but you'll be laughing about it in fifty years.

The boundaries we set for our children are in reality the boundaries we set for ourselves. The more squishy and indecisive we are about our own boundaries, the more soggy and inconsistent we are about the limits we set for our toddlers.

remember, we are not sending them there to punish them; we are merely giving them the opportunity to pull themselves together.

Transitions themselves are not the issue, but how well you respond to their challenges!

Respect the past but focus on your new future if you decide to divorce!

People don't change that much. Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough (Buckingham and Coffman 1999).

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

When teachers stop learning, so do students.

Whatever your level of leadership, use your influence to move the company from strategy-based to culture-focused.

Being a leader on a quest to amp up your company's culture might be one of the hardest things you will ever do, but the journey is so worth it. It can be life-changing.

Embrace personal culture shifts. Look at every experience as something that happens for you, not to you.

Embracing experiences as opportunities allows us to bring fresh perspectives to the party. And that can be incredibly empowering.