Home / Topics / Growth Quotes

Growth Quotes

Browse 8376 quotes about Growth.

Growth Quotes

“We are so prone to expect to become good Christians by some sudden experience that lifts us all at once to higher ground without the gradual climb. We forget that we are to "grow in grace" and that normal growth is not a matter of fits and starts.”

Matter Christian Grows Growth Forget Grace Higher Fit Normal Christian Inspirational Lifts Climbs Good Christian Higher Ground

Author:Vance Havner

“I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.”

Knows Ideas Purpose Growth Fit Achievement Discovery Preconceived Ideas

Book:A Life of One's Own

Source: A Life of One's Own

“The typhoon came out of the sea first as a deep hollow roar. ... I was surrounded by the madness, the unreason, of uncontrolled, undisciplined energy. None of this made any sense. It was worse than useless - it was nature destroying its own creation - its own self. To create by the long process of growth and then to destroy by a fit of wild emotion - was this not madness, was this not unreason?”

Firsts Long Made Self Energy Process Growth Emotion Sea Creation Fit Madness Weather Useless Destroying Hollow Undisciplined Typhoons

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“Once you accept that playing the game will be uncomfortable, and you do it for a while, it will become much easier (like it does when getting fit). When you excel at it, you will find your ability to get what you want thrilling.”

Want Life Doe Games Growth Ability Accepting Fit Easier Personal Growth Investing What You Want Uncomfortable Thrilling Get Fit

Author:Ray Dalio

“You'll see that excuses like "That's not easy" are of no value and that it pays to "push through it" at a pace you can handle. Like getting physically fit, the most important thing is that you keep moving forward at whatever pace you choose, recognizing the consequences of your actions.”

“Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die.”

People Needs Giving Humans Home Dies Growth Healing Environment Share Conditions Dying Health Birth Fit Healthy Diets Mates Human Condition Interference Get Well Healthy Diet

Author:Ivan Illich

“There's a certain age when your height stops growing and you cannot change that. This sort of body growth cannot be fixed. But there are many things that can be changed. You might have a small body structure but there are opportunities to make yourself very fit and healthy. So we'll have to work hard in many aspects.”

Hard Body Might Age Certain Opportunity Growth Growing Changed Hard Work Fit Healthy Aspect Structure Fixed Height

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?”

Ifs Growth Change Feet Fit Shoes Starting Anew Old Shoes

Book:Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within

Source: Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within