Stephen Covey
Author, Speaker
"The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different."
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Sowing
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Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"Each day of my life I am sowing seeds that one day I will harvest."
Seneca the Younger
Philosopher, Statesman
"Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing."
George Washington
Military Leader, Politician
"I am very glad to hear that the Gardener has saved so much of the St foin seed, & that of the India Hemp. Make the most you can of both, by sowing them again in drills... Let the ground be well prepared, and the Seed (St foin) be sown in April. The Hemp may be sown any where."
Joyce Meyer
Author, Speaker
"If someone has offended you, start sowing forgiveness. You may need some yourself someday."
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"Sowing and reaping is a spiritual law...Sow generously and you will reap generously."
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"Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds."
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"There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future."
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"Of my sowing such straw I reap. O human folk, why set the heart there where exclusion of partnership is necessary"
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"I say to you: Make perfect your will. / I say: take no thought of the harvest, / But only of proper sowing."
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"There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown."
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"Sowing is not as difficult as reaping."
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"Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse."
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"In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure."
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"Weeding is as necessary to agriculture as sowing."
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"America just reaped what it had been sowing."
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"They know not how many things are signified by the words stealing, sowing, buying, keeping quiet, seeing what ought to be done; for this is not effected by the eyes, but by another kind of vision."
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"Forbeare not sowing because of birds."
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