Quotes About Fruitful

shows how fruitful analogies can be—not in proving points but in illustrating them, showing spiritual truths by means of material images.

Prosperous, happy, fruitful...the Latin word Felix occurs in such injunctions as that by God himself, who in Genesis 1:21 says to all the creatures of the world, Be fruitful and increase, fill the waters of the seas; and let the birds increase on land. This is the essence of the meaning of Felix, this command from God, this loving command, this manifestation of his desire that we not only live but that we live happily and prosperously.

Freedom from suffering is precisely not the result to be expected from remaining on the vine: on the contrary, fruitful branches are "pruned" just as fruitless ones are cast off (John 15:2, 6). Suffering is a part of every life, but for the Christian it is a "fruitful" part of life, bearing a harvest of righteousness (cf. Heb. 12:11). As

People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.

During my career, all my most fruitful victories have been on the opponents' territories, so the support of the British fans to Tony Bellew doesn't bother me a lot.

Each day is a branch of the Tree of Life laden heavily with fruit. If we lie down lazily beneath it, we may starve; but if we shake the branches, some of the fruit will fall for us.

Show your Creator that He made the right choice by sending you on Earth many years ago on this day. May you have a very fruitful and productive life. Happy Birthday!

We need to inspire and give each other confidence so that the work we do will be fruitful for the well-being of the people and the stability and security of the country.

In a sort of ghastly simplicity, we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful. —C. S. LEWIS, The Abolition of Man

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

R]eal prayer is not an excuse for laziness but, in fact, is one of the most arduous engagements I know of in ministry. Prayer is not a replacement for hard work but, in most cases, empowerment for even more fruitful work.

You could use the 80/20 rule. Give 80 percent of your effort to the top 20 percent (most important) activities. Another way is to focus on exceptional opportunities that promise a huge return. It comes down to this: give your attention to the areas that bear fruit.

a tree with more fruits bends more.

My dependence on God allows me to be ever green and ever fruitful, but my independence from God results in my being a hopeless stunted shrub.

Whenever the word is rightly preached, and attentively heard, it never fails to bring forth fruit.

The sexual passion is essential to the perfection of the race. It repeats and emphasizes the divine command given by God to our first parents: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." Without it the family would be impossible.

Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness" (James 3:18).

You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere.

We live our lives. We have experiences. Therefore, we have wisdom to share. In sharing our wisdom with others, we hope to make their lives more meaningful, more fruitful and less trying than our own.

When you overcome obstacles with making struggle a fighting tool, it brings great moment of success. Your faith in struggle make it fruitful.

The issue when it comes to meditation is what, not if. The mind observes the impulse to meditate the way the body observes the law of gravity. Scripture has a lot to say about meditating wisely. The psalmist talks about the fruitful person as one whose "delight is in the law of the

The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.

All in all it was a good firm-grounded family, permanent, and successfully planted in the Salinas Valley, not poorer than many and not richer than many either. It was a well-balanced family with its conservatives and its radicals, its dreamers and its realists. Samuel was well pleased with the fruit of his loins.