Quotes About Fruitfulness

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

La mayoría de los hombres, incluso en este país relativamente libre, se afanan tanto por los puros artificios e innecesarias labores de la vida, que no les queda tiempo para cosechar sus mejores frutos.

there is a world of difference between being productive and being fruitful,

The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is—to live it dangerously

Fruitfulness may be a better measurement for success than productivity because it is based more in the evaluations of others as to the meaningful role we have played in their lives then in our own importance determined according to the amount of accomplishments we can list.

6"How enriched you are when you crave righteousness!h For you will be surrounded with fruitfulness.i

The fruitfulness of our lives depends in large measure in our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own work. The man who completely trusts his own estimate of himself is doomed to sterility.

Frenzy destroys our inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.

My father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

A wrong view of God leads inevitably to a failure to enjoy and grow in His grace. Failure to appreciate His love, His kindness and generous heart leads eventually to a life which bears no fruit and makes no progress. The lesson is clear: if you would grow in grace, learn what grace is. Taste and see that the Lord is good. —SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON (1948–), Scottish preacher and theologian

People get caught up in asking whether Americans should be going here or there. What it boils down to is the call of the Lord. If the Lord has called you to a specific area, that's where you are going to see the fruit.

Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.

Realising that Mauritius could be a valuable port of call for Dutch ships Heemskerck put a rooster and some hens ashore and planted orange and lemon seeds, invoking 'the Almighty God's blessing that He may lend His power to make them multiply and grow for the benefit of those who will visit the island after us'.

Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty… and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.

If you waste time watering a fruitless tree, fruitful ones may die of thirst.

The local church, too, has table servers. We call them "deacons." The joy, peace, unity, and fruitfulness of the local church depends in part on having a cadre of faithful table servants who are present when needed, eager to serve without being intrusive.

Pachnie nam ?yznym latem, pachnie urodzajem. Wi?c gruszek pod stopami, a jab?ek pod d?oni? Wala si? pod dostatkiem; opodal si? k?oni? Ku ziemi ?liwy, owoc ci??arnej ga??zi. I wino z czteroletniej dobyto uwi?zi.

Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.

Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.

El Dios de la Biblia no es un Dios calculador. Su interés es bendecirnos al máximo en nuestra vida. Es por ello que promete que algunos creyentes van a producir fruto al ciento por ciento.

Leroy Eims a generation ago asked, "What then is the problem today? Why don't we see more of this [disciple making] going one? Why are fruitful, dedicated mature disciples so rare? The biggest reason is that all too often we have relied on programs or materials or some other thing to do the job. The ministry is carried on by people, not programs.

When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple, a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains the barrel, fishes out all the apples and makes pie.