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"A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. - from Live Without Principle" »Henry David Thoreau
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"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea." »John Anthony Ciardi
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"“While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success."" »Steve Maraboli
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"Follow the grain in your own wood." »Howard Thurman
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"Life is like an hour glass, every grain of sand means something." »zachary roderiques
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"Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp." »Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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"Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving one bushel of grain in alms." »Prophet Muhammad, Muslim
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"Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." »Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language
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"Ere need be shown, some men will act, As trees may fruit without a flower; To some you speak with no result, As seeds may die, and yield no grain." »Hindu Poetess
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"To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour." »William Blake
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"Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be." »Marcus Aelius Aurelius
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"Thought is the seed of action." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"To see a world in a grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour." »William Blake
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"To see a world in a grain of Sand,
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour." »William Blake
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"The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lie down on some seaweed and roll around until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go, 'Hey, I'm Vine Man.'" »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe." »Robert Service
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"Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin." »Aesop
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"It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest." »Orison Swett Marden
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"A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment." »American Proverb
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"Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats." »Ralph W. Sockman
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"This very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow's happiness grow." »Margaret Lindsey
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"Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion." »Thomas Hobbes
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"He that has acquired learning and nor practised what he has learnt, is like a man who ploughs but sows no seed." »Saadi, On the Duties of Society
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"Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it." »Lois McMaster Bujold
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"I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown." »Kathe Kollwitz, O Magazine, September 2002
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"I do not want to die. . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown." »Kathe Kollwitz
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"Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater Benefit." »Napolean Hill
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"No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed." »Dr. Jose P. Rizal
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"It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical?" »Alan Perlis
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"A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away." »Unknown
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