Quotes about Growth

If you're a serious-minded leader, you will read.

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.

The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.

Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward.

You want to forget your pain. I mean to tell you that doing that will only cause you more hurt. - Khai

We all play our roles. One person plants the seed, another waters it, but it grows only when the season is right.

If my path is with learning and tears and submission, can you not follow that same path?

In this world you will have troubles," he said. "It's okay. They are all only opportunities to let go and see yourself as you truly are. Be glad, because the light has overcome and all those troubles are only shadows.

You see, Eden, it's not the water that changes. It's what you make of the water that changes. It's finding no offense in the water that keeps you safe, because there's nothing to be kept safe from when you're already safe. One step at a time. Walk.

letting go is something you do, not just talk about. Talking about forgiving changes nothing. Doing it changes everything, not just in you, but somehow in those around you. We are not healed alone.