“All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1830s, Boswell's Life of Johnson (1832)
“We plant this stone as some small seed
Is sown at springtime, warm with earth;
We sow this seed as some good deed
Is sown, to grow until its worth
Shall grow, through rugged steeps of time,
To touch the God-built stars sublime.”
"The Larger College".
In Classic Shades, and Other Poems (1890)
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“I have done my best, and I hope I have sown some seeds which may bring forth good fruit.”
George Marshall (1880–1959) US military leader, Army Chief of Staff
Essentials to Peace (1953)
Context: I fear, in fact I am rather certain, that due to my inability to express myself with the power and penetration of the great Churchill, I have not made clear the points that assume such prominence and importance in my mind. However, I have done my best, and I hope I have sown some seeds which may bring forth good fruit.
