Quotes About Growth

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

If you honestly want to change, surround yourself with people who will help, people who believe you can do it.

What if rather than avoiding brokenness we embraced it? Welcomed it? And even prayed for it? "God, break me.

A. W. Tozer, who said, "It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.

And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different you will be.

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4

When you start to avoid what hurts you, what happens? Over time, your spiritual side grows stronger. And your selfish side starts to die.

Limited Resources + Increasing Passion = Exponential Innovation

YOU CANNOT CHANGE WHAT YOU DO NOT CONFRONT.

Your best decision is the next one that will help you be the person God created you to be.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future. The people you're hanging out with today are shaping the person you will become tomorrow.

I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you.

maybe we should think about whether some imperfections might be a good thing. Maybe we should consider whether we're trying too hard to smooth all the rough edges.

God didn't make us to be warriors so that we'd be perfect; he made us to be warriors so that we'd fight our fears, learn from our mistakes, and live to fight another day.

Is there something that those who are closest to you have been trying to tell you? Maybe you have an addiction, a hang-up, a weakness, a blind spot. If more than one person who loves you has been trying to help you see something that needs to change, maybe it's time to listen.

If you want to be different, if you want to be better than normal, then you must live differently.

Honest questions, sincere doubts, and deep hurts can draw you closer to God than you've ever been before.

Paul's one thing was committing to forget about the past, to forge ahead into the future.

If the seed doesn't get planted, it can't become a toxic thornbush. We must guard our minds and our hearts, starting with our eyes.

Rather than complaining about inconsequential little irritations, I'm asking God to get right to the root of the problem, to eradicate the dry rot and fix the cracks in my foundation. I need Him to show me how to love Him and how to love His people. Even the ones I don't like - even myself.

Your calling is more about who you are becoming than what you are doing. Let

You can make excuses or you can make progress. But you can't make both.

When you believe marriage is your answer, you'll often give something that eventually hurts you both.