Quotes & Sayings About Watering Seeds

In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds, and to identify and water the positive seeds every day. — Nhat Hanh

If you look at 2009, why did the recovery happen? Recovery happened because somebody in the world's largest economy opened the tap: the U.S., followed by Europe and now Japan. — Uday Kotak

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. — Nelson Mandela

Through watering the ground of affectionate love with cherishing love, And then sowing the seeds of wishing love and compassion, the medicinal tree of Bodhichitta will grow. — Je Tsongkhapa

Seeds not planted or tended by choice tend to be weeds, so at least for me, it's very helpful to consciously and periodically choose which seeds I want to water, and to think through what I expect to happen from that watering. Investors can spend a lot of time and energy reacting to the latest bits of news and trying to predict the next surprise, rather than choosing a consistent set of daily actions that they can carry out as things develop, regardless of how they develop. — John Houseman

Your life is your garden
and your thoughts are your seeds,
so if your life isn't awesome
you've been watering the weeds. — Terry Prince

Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of society within the limits prescribed by the law, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyme — George Washington

Let us grow strong roots
Watering and nurturing
Each other daily. — Sanjo Jendayi

I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried. — John Grisham

To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing. — Brendon Urie

When you're crying, your tears may be watering the seeds of your come-back. — Steve Maraboli

We are all gardeners, planting seeds of intention and watering them with attention in every moment of every day. — Cristen Rodgers

Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It's a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It's also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend-even a friend whose name it never knew. — George W. Bush

I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ. — Robert A. Heinlein

When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid. You're able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your mind open. And you notice when you get caught up in prejudice, bias, and aggression. You develop an enthusiasm for no longer watering those negative seeds, from now until the day you die. And, you begin to think of your life as offering endless opportunities to start to do things differently. — Pema Chodron

Secure tomorrow today by sowing good seeds today and by watering them with faith and love to others. — Enock Maregesi

People ask me about that all the time. They say, "Did you ever think of directing?" And I say, "It's completely out of the question." — Mickey Rourke

I believe almost every author have gone through the terribly uncomfortable period between the time of shedding the seeds of a story and waiting to see it flourish as a published book, spending hours watering and fertilizing it. This is a dreadful period, frustrating and depressing. — Ama H. Vanniarachchy

The basis of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man. In other words, religion is the self-consciousness and self-feeling of man who has either not yet found himself or has already lost himself again. — Christopher Hitchens