Quotes About Growth

It wakes us up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments. If we are not fully present for many of those moments, we may not only miss what is most valuable in our lives but also fail to realize the richness and the depth of our possibilities for growth and transformation.

It is only when the mind is open and receptive that learning and seeing and change can occur.

Bhavana translates as "development through mental training." To me, this strikes the mark; meditation really is about human development.

One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large.

Remembering to forget the past allows you freedom from a past that holds back your Christian growth.

A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience.

Don't ever get to the point where you can't be taught because life is a classroom and everyone owns a pen.

Faith in Christ is a one-time decision that leads to a lifetime of growth.

Though people are laughing at the dirt surrounding you, they are missing to see the seeds also planted, growing silently within.

God makes the harvest to grow. But we choose the kind of seed we sow.

When a caterpillar looks in the mirror, he sees a butterfly.

Spend some personal time with Jesus and he will reveal himself to you on a deeper level.

Genuine faith will produce genuine changes in your life.

If she were alive today, she would be ashamed of me. I'm trying to change that.

Faith begins as an experiment and ends as an experience.

Out of the chill and the shadow Into the thrill and the shine Out of the dearth and the famine Into the fullness divine.

Speak to me of love said St Francis to the almond tree and the tree blossomed.

Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.

When I was three years old I was taken with my family to a little town in Western Minnesota, where I lived a more or less vapid and ordinary life until I was ten.

Little by little, bit by bit, family by family, so much good can be done on so many levels

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

I want six kids. We'll see how it goes, but I want a big family.

I'm a family oriented guy; I've personally started four or five this year.

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.