Quotes about Growth

Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.

Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!

A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

Don't be too hard on me. Everyone has to sacrifice at the altar of stupidity from time to time.

A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passer her tests. She has suffered and grown more beautiful because of it. She has proved she can hold her kingdom together. She has become its vision. She cares deeply about something bigger than herself. She rules with authentic power.

Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work.

Spiritual progress is like a detoxification.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

In the Holy Relationship, it's understood that we all have unhealed places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with another person. We don't hide our weaknesses, but rather we understand that the relationship is a context for healing through mutual forgiveness.

Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.

It is our own thoughts that hold the key to miraculous transformation.

You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.