Quotes about Flourishing

But there is no McTheory when it comes to persuasion. There is no such thing as McApologetics, though it is significant that the nearest one-size-fits-all approach—the Four Spiritual Laws—was also created at the same time and in the same place as the first flourishing of McDonald's as we know it and the first theme park run by Walt Disney: 1950s California.

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

Why are we here? We, all of us, are here because of the Creator's love, who seeks both our flourishing and our response of love and gratitude. "Find out what pleases the Lord," Paul told the Ephesians. We are here to please God. It brings God pleasure to see us thrive, and we thrive by living as God intended.

It is reasonable to expect that leading a divine conspiracy will require journalists, writers, artists, and scholars to carefully, accurately, and courageously expose the follies of our social institutions in government, business, religion, art, economics, engineering, medicine, law, finance, security, and education. This is where our Christian universities play perhaps the central role, if administrating the common flourishing is to occur in any meaningful way.