Spiritual Growth Quotes

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
- Helen Keller


He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
- Benjamin Franklin


To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
- Bruce Lee


Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
- Erica Jong


Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
- Dame Edna Everage


Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one’s watching.
- Unknown Author


Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
- Virgil Garnett Thomson


Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
- Will Rogers


You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
- Wayne Gretzky


When things go wrong, as they sometime will
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a great person turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems far.
So stick in the fight when you’re hardest hit,
It’s when thing seem worse,
That you must not quit.
- author unknown


To laugh
Is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep
Is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another
Is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings
Is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before the crowd
Is to risk loss.
To love
Is to risk not being loved in return.
To live
Is to risk dying.
To hope
Is to risk despair.
To try it all
Is to risk failure,
But risk we must
Because the greatest hazard in life
Is to risk nothing.
- author unknown


If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
- C.W. Longenecker


Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure… it does mean you haven’t succeeded yet.
Failure doesn’t mean you have accomplished nothing… it does mean that you have learned something.
Failure doesn’t mean you have been a fool… it does mean you had a lot of faith.
Failure doesn’t mean you have been disgraced… it does mean you were willing to try.
Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it… it does mean you have to do something in a different way.
Failure doesn’t mean you are inferior…. it does mean you are not perfect.
Failure doesn’t mean you’ve wasted your life… it does mean you’ve reason to start afresh.
Failure doesn’t mean you should give up… it does mean you should try harder.
Failure doesn’t mean you’ll never make it… it does mean it will take a little longer.
Failure doesn’t mean God has abandoned you… it does mean God has better idea.
- Robert Schuller