Quotes about Ripeness

(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

The riper he is for glory, the more, like the ripe corn, he hangs down his head. The brighter and clearer is his light, the more he sees of the shortcomings and infirmities of his own heart. When first converted, he would tell you he saw but little of them compared to what he sees now.

We don't grow older we grow riper.

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

There was a hint of spring in her sole green eyes, something summery in her complexion, and a rich autumn ripeness in her walk.

Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot. But all too often the greedy eyes are only deceived; the fruit that seemed so precious is still green on the inside, and disrespected hands ungratefully toss aside what has so disappointed them.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

In judgement be ye not too confident, Even as a man who will appraise his corn When standing in a field, ere it is ripe.

Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.