“God works with power, and can make the unwilling willing; if He undertakes the conversion of a soul, it will be converted. All the pious workings of our heart towards God are the fruit and consequence of the powerful working of His grace in us.” IfsHeartSoulPowerfulGraceWillingConsequenceFruitConversionUnwillingPious Author:Thomas Goodwin
“What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear fruit because things are seasonal.” IfsWaitingTeachWillingBearsPlantFruitCome UpGardeningWilling To Wait Author:Alice Walker
“Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs--an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?” TwoChristianSufferingChristWillingBearsCrossesFruitBelieverExceptionalToiling Author:Hudson Taylor
“I don't care about the sort of things that will bring in chump change over the next two or three years. I think I'm better than others at sniffing out things that will bear fruit in 10 or 20 years while they're still at the seed stage, and I'm more willing to take the risks that entails.” ThinkingYearsStillsTwoCareThreeNextRiskStageWillingBearsFruitDon't CareSeedsI Don't CareThree YearsSniffingChumps Author:Masayoshi Son