Quotes about Growth
The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.
— Henri Nouwen
Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks
— Oprah Winfrey
A friend is someone who knows you and loves you for what you were and who you are, and who also shares your hopes and dreams for who you can become.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect.
— Melody Beattie
Everything that is full of life loves change, for the characteristic of life is movement toward a new goal and urges toward new pleasures.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
— Henri Nouwen
Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and grow into his likeness.
— Timothy Keller
We do not love each other without changing each other.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Love yourself - Do it now! Don't wait until you get well or lose the weight, or get the new job, or the new relationship.
— Louise Hay
We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives.
— Marianne Williamson
I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.
— Richard Paul Evans