Quotes About Seed

Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree.

Let us depart! the universal sun Confines not to one land his blessed beams; Nor is man rooted, like a tree, whose seed, the winds on some ungenial soil have cast there, where it cannot prosper.

It would be easier to grow oak trees by planting marbles than for someone to be saved without the seed of the word.

Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree

The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout.

What is a tiny insignificant seed that, when Spring arrives, It should not be annihilated for a tree to arrive.

As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention.

What is withdrawal?" "Let's see, since you know your scripture so well, was that Onan? Yes, that bugger. What he did." "Spilling his seed on the floor?" "Yes," continued her husband, "it would be lovely if I could take you and spill my seed somewhere else. Not on the floor, mind you. But perhaps on your very soft belly. Perhaps even on your splendid breasts. and perhaps, if I'm in a really terrible mood, I'll make you swallow it. - Vere to Elissande

That which is sown is not always begotten; but that which is begotten always is sown.

In the wounds our sufferings plough immortal love sows sovereign seed.

Good, honest, hardheaded character is a function of the home. If the proper seed is sown there and properly nourished for a few years, it will not be easy for that plant to be uprooted.

The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.

Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. "There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can't budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and deep. And may I show you some dry soil, too crusty for seed?" God's seed grows better if the soil of the heart is cleared.

Consider for a moment your thoughts as seed. Some thoughts become flowers. Others become weeds. Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity. "People harvest only what they plant" (Gal. 6:7).

Friendship supplied the root-- It was planted years ago-- To bring me flowers and seed Through the long drought

Her nose wrinkled and she cast him a cautious but hopeful look. "Perhaps your seed has already taken root. We should wait to see if that is the case. 'Tis truth you've no skill at loving, and 'tis obvious I've none as well.

The cabin in the woods is to the American Gothic what the haunted castle is to the European - the seed from which everything else ultimately grows.

It has been finely said that if Judaism as a religion had perished under Antiochus, the seed-bed of Christianity would have been lacking; and thus the blood of the Maccabean martyrs, who saved Judaism, ultimately became the seed of the Church. Therefore as not only Christendom but also Islam derive their monotheism from a Jewish source, it may well be that the world to-day owes the very existence of monotheism both in the East and in the West to the Maccabees.

Look at a seed in the palm of a farmer's hand. It can be blown away with a puff of breath and that is the end of it. But it holds three lives — its own, that of the man who may feed on its increase, and that of the man who lives by its culture. If the seed die, these men will not, but they may not live as they always had. They may be affected because the seed is dead;

The rain feeds the seed, and the seed the mill. When the rain stops, the mill wheels stop — or, if they continue to turn, they grind despair for the man who owns them. My father owned them.

I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that seed for a long time.

there is a seed of light inside of us, a mysterious Inner Voice.

Herbs and spices come from different parts of a useful plant. Herb refers to the leaves, flowers, or stems. Spice refers to the seed, fruit, root, or bark. Vanilla extract is made from the fruit of the vanilla orchid—its pod, or bean—so we call vanilla a spice.

Esta espera de la carta desconocida y que sobrevive a todo, ¡qué signo es de que la esperanza no se ha perdido y de que queda siempre entre nosotros esa semilla!