Quotes about Flourish
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
— Ezekiel 17:24
In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.
— Lou Holtz
Therefore the words in Psalm 72:7: "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth," must not be explained as signifying such earthly peace as the world enjoyed under Caesar Augustus, as many believe, but "peace with God," or spiritual peace.
— Martin Luther
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
— Proverbs 29:2
God wants us to flourish, and paradoxically we flourish best by obeying rather than rebelling, by giving more than receiving, by serving rather than being served. Six times in the Gospels Jesus iterated the deeper truth that we succeed not by acquiring more and more but by "losing" life through service to God and others.
— Philip Yancey
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
— Psalm 80:9
When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
— Proverbs 28:28
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
— Ezekiel 17:10
Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people. Churches that sever the root of truth may flourish for a season, but they will wither eventually or turn into something besides a Christian church.
— John Piper
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
— Job 8:11
How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
— Zechariah 9:17
Patriots can flourish only where boundaries are well-defined, hostile, and dangerous.
— James Carse