Quotes about Growth

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.

It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of fruit is always shown in scripture to be a visible result of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

In good relationships, we are happy to grow as the other person becomes part of us and who we are.

Mark it down—your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.

There is a sense in which the danger of our lives increases in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.

To become a better you, you must be positive towards yourself, develop better relationships, embrace the place where you are.

Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.

Perfect happiness for student and teacher will come with the abolition of examinations, which are stumbling blocks and rocks of offense in the pathway of the true student.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

When we see around us the tragedy of not taking this truth seriously and when we experience within ourselves the veracity of the truth, we will be positioned to move forward in our spiritual progress. We also will have a different attitude toward those who more obviously struggle in areas where we might only secretly have a problem. Day by day, an awareness of our condition will help us grow spiritually.

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.

The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.