Quotes About Growth

Your faith will grow only in the measure that you give it away.

Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

Transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it.

Sanctification grows out of faith in Jesus Christ. Reemember holiness is a flower, not a root; it is not sanctification that saves, but salvation that sanctifies.

Experts in aging make a distinction between passive aging and purposeful aging. Successful, purposeful aging calls for continued involvement, relationships, discipline, and an attitude of faith.

Your strengths develop your confidence; your weaknesses develop your faith.

Just as the roots of trees take firmer hold when they are contending with the wind; so faith takes firmer hold when it struggles with adverse appearances.

So I taught Sunday school and brought dishes to all manner of potlucks and tried to adjust the things I heard from the pulpit to my increasingly incongruent faith.

Faith is caught rather than taught.

Faith is not like bottled water but like rain. Its destiny is not just to be kept and held but to make something visible grow.

Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.

How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!

The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.

FAITH untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials.

But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.

He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.

Every human being is born without faith. Faith comes only through the process of making decisions to change before we can be sure it's the right move.

I now opened my Bible and began to study, and faith has been growing ever since.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.

For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.

I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith.

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.