Quotes About Growth

One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going back.

I have become my own father.

Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me.

My father and I, we finally saw each other eye to eye and I think he's seeing me as a man, and I'm seeing him as the father he's always been.

I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn't keep up.

Healthy boys grow into healthy men.

When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.

As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.

I've never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don't take that sort of risk, you learn nothing.

Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

I like to step into areas where I am afraid. Fear is a sign that I am going in the right direction.

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.

In order to get to a healthier and more productive place, we need to give up our fear of conflict, turmoil and resistance.

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.

Ignorance and fear are but matters of the mind - and the mind is adaptable.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.