Quotes About Progress

every great success story has elements of failure.

Good things are coming. I know it. Today's disappointment is making room for tomorrow's appointment. Let's look for those good things with great intentionality.

Don't buy into what the scale says or doesn't say. Trust the effort you are putting into getting healthy. And keep going! Not only are there changes going on in your body that you can't see, there are changes going on in your spirit—with your discipline, your courage, and your willpower. Keep going!

They say time heals—and I think this can be true—but only if that's truly the goal here: healing. Time grows the seeds that are planted, watered, and fertilized. Plant beauty, grow beauty. Plant thorns, grow thorns. Time will allow for either.

Pain is the sensation that indicates a transformation is needed.

Yes, faith still moves mountains. But sometimes the greater act of faith is not praying for the mountain to move instantly but rather hanging in there while God helps you to move it bit by bit.

This isn't an indication that your healing isn't working. It's just an indication that you're a human still holding on to some hurt that needs to be resolved.

But not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same. And staying the same when I know I need to change is a choice that carries consequences with it.

Imperfect changes are slow steps of progress wrapped in grace … imperfect progress.

No matter what wrong thing has happened, there is a right next thing to do.

The tension exists because you are doing the difficult work of no longer cooperating with dysfunction.

At first we say it's too soon, then years go by and we say it's too late.

know who you want to be and take the next step that points you in the direction of that character quality.

The numbers hadn't changed yet, but my heart had.

Access without application will not equal transformation.

Yes, I've lost pounds and inches. But not being weighted down mentally and spiritually by the constant feeling of defeat is the real victory.

On the other hand, when I change to a growth mind-set, I don't chain my identity to my insecurity.

We can't go ahead with God to new and exciting places if we're spending too much time looking back. We must leave our past behind, draw a line in the sand, and determine to proceed forward with God.

Move forward. And determine not to make it all so complicated.

Isaiah 43:18–19 reminds us, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

Your decisions will determine direction. Your direction will determine destination. Let

not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same. And staying the same when I know I need to change is a choice that carries consequences with it.

We'll tell you all about our broken places of yesterday but don't dare admit the limitations of our today.

Inspiration and information without personal application will never amount to transformation