Quotes About Growth

When you do the right thing when the wrong thing is happening, you're getting stronger, your roots are going down deeper. That's why God doesn't remove everything instantly. If you're always comfortable, you won't be prepared. We grow in difficult times.

It's so important for you to get around people who will stir up those seeds of greatness. Don't surround yourself with naysayers. Life is too short to hang around negative, critical, cynical, skeptical, judgmental, small-minded, jealous people. . . . Did I leave out anything?

will build you up, people who will celebrate your victories, not people who will criticize and be jealous any time you succeed.

Stand strong and show the opposition that you're more determined than they are. That problem is not there to stop you; it's there to prepare you. That challenge is not going to defeat you; it's going to promote you.

If you will get free from what everyone else thinks and start being who you were created to be, you will rise to a new level.

God has so much more in store for you, too. Start making room for it in your thinking. Conceive it on the inside. Start seeing yourself rising to a new level, doing something of significance, living in that home of your dreams. If you want to see God's "far and beyond" favor, then you must replace those old wineskins.

Are you afraid to step out in faith, thinking of all the things that could go wrong? Remove what's blocking your growth, and you'll begin to blossom. You'll go to new levels. God created you to rise higher, to be successful and confident, to leave your mark.

Some people are focused on their losses, their flaws, their mistakes, the times they didn't measure up. You need to focus on your victories, focus on the times you succeeded, you resisted the temptation, you were disciplined.

God is a progressive God. He wants every generation to increase.

You won't become all you were created to be without trouble. You don't grow in the good times; you grow in the tough times... In the difficult times, your spiritual muscles are developed, and you gain strength, endurance and wisdom.

There are levels that you can't reach without going through a dry season, without opposition, things that are unfair. That's all leading you to bloom, to greatness, to promotion, to influence.

You may not understand it now, it may not make sense yet, but one day, you'll see it was a necessary step to reach your destiny. It looked like a setback, but really, it was a setup.

God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

Es interesante que cuando Jesús quiso animar a sus seguidores a expandir su visión, les recordó que no "se echa vino nuevo en odres viejos".2 Jesús estaba diciendo que no puedes tener una vida abundante con actitudes restringidas. Esa

You need to associate with people that inspire you, people that challenge you to rise higher, people that make you better. Don't waste your valuable time with people that are not adding to your growth. Your destiny is too important.

Escoja estar feliz, escoja tener una buena actitud. Recuerde que estar contento es una decisión que usted tiene que tomar, y aun cuando no lo entienda, sepa que Dios está haciendo una obra en y a través de usted. Decida que desde ahora en adelante, usted florecerá donde esté plantado y disfrutará de cada día de su vida.

Sometimes you face difficulties not because you're doing something wrong, but because you're doing something right.

Explosive Blessings

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

Tienes que dejar atrás tus desilusiones y fracasos

None of us likes difficulties. If we had a choice, we wouldn't go through them. But challenges prepare you for your future.

No puedes cambiar el pasado, pero sí el futuro.

Being offended, upset, and frustrated over what didn't work out will only keep you in mediocrity. It's time to drop it and move forward. You may be a product of your past, but you don't have to be a prisoner of your past.

Does your vision increase around your friends or does it decrease? Do you leave motivated, challenged, or are you discouraged, drained? Not every friend will inspire you, but you should have one or two that light a fire on the inside, that push you forward.