Quotes About Growth

If you want to be successful as a leader, you need to learn to become comfortable with uncertainty and make shifts continually.

Life begins at the end of our comfort zone. We go there by stretching.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it." —Stephen Covey

The greatest enemy of learning is knowing

Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.

you must be able to take the new thing you've learned today and build upon what you learned yesterday to keep growing.

Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking." —DAVID SCHWARTZ

Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie declared, "It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone." To do something really big, let go of your ego, and get ready to be part of a team.

Errors become mistakes when we perceive them and respond to them incorrectly. Mistakes become failures when we continually respond to them incorrectly.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

If you make it your discipline to do a little bit of growing every day, in just a few years you will be amazed by your transformation.

Failure isn't failure if you do better the next time.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That is the Law of Consistency.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. —HENRY C . L I NK

God prepares leaders in a crockpot, not a microwave. More important than the awaited goal is the work God does in us while we wait. Waiting deepens and matures us, levels our perspective, and broadens our understanding. Tests of time determine whether we can endure seasons of seemingly unfruitful preparation, and indicate whether we can recognize and seize the opportunities that come our way.

The road to the next level is always uphill, and if a team isn't intentionally fighting to move up, then it inevitably slides down.

When I teach and mentor leaders, I remind them that if they stop learning, they stop leading

Marriage, like any long-term relationship, requires us to . . . wade through a few things that are difficult. work for many things that are needed. wait on some things that take time. watch out for those things that can be harmful. wave good-bye to personal things that are selfish.

Success is achieved in inches, not miles.

We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.

My friend Nancy Dornan says, "The longest distance between two points is a shortcut." That's really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price. As you desire to grow in a particular area, figure out what it will really take, including the price, and then determine to pay it.

Every time we choose action over ease we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect, and self-confidence.

The more tuned in you are to your purpose, and the more dedicated you are to growing toward it, the better your chances of reaching your potential, expanding your possibilities, and doing something significant.

To be effective, leaders must always be learners. You can never arrive - you can only strive to get better.