#seed

But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the nature which sinned he might make the expiation required. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#angels #christ #him #human #human nature

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ↗

— Confucius

#people #plant #seed #teach #ten

I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#could #definitely #did #even #feel

Sometimes it's about less is more. It's about the seed. Thinking about this gigantic tree that you think is so beautiful but it started with this just seed. ↗

— Fred Durst

#beautiful #gigantic #just #less #less is more

My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when - and he won't necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either. ↗

— Brian Eno

#afterwards #again #composing #either #gardener

We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#fact #first #i #my own #observation

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#economic #experience #how #injustice #planted

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#deeds #destiny #fate #grow #into

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#banish #domestic #general #independence #kind

During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God's responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed. ↗

— Rick Warren

#during #god #going #gospel #make