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Fruit Quotes - Page 2

The fruit of the Spirit is . . . self-control

Watchman Nee (2009). “Spiritual Exercise: A Simplified Version of the Basic Lessons on Practical Christian Living”, p.322, Christian Fellowship Publishers

I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.115

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.35, Nayika Publishing

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice.

"Lewis Black: Black on Broadway". TV Special, www.imdb.com. May 15, 2004.

The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God's goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin.

"Indebted Ghanaian Saved From Prostitution By TB Joshua". The Ghanaian Journal, August 4, 2009.

Once you plant seeds of success, your tree will bear fierce fruit.

"America's Next Top Model", Cycle 12, April 22, 2009.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.253, UPNE

Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.657, Modern Library

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

Jon Ronson (2012). “Jon Ronson's Adventures With Extraordinary People”, p.598, Pan Macmillan