Roots Quotes · Page 29

“Thoughts are roots; Words are leaves; Actions are fruits! Every success tree has all working normally!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

— Dinesh D'Souza

I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.

— Rick James

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

— Mandy Patinkin

Grow as a palm-tree on God's Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.

— Samuel Rutherford

Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil

— Christopher Hitchens

Our philosophies must be rewritten to remove them from the domain of words and "ideas," and to plant their roots firmly in…

— William Vogt

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.

— George Eliot

My rage and sense of alienation as to how women have been written, have allowed themselves to be written, in so many…

— Kate Zambreno

With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn the leaves begin to wither and the trees, taking up their sap from the…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I'm still just a…

— Dolly Parton

Kids under, I'd say, 14 are still maturing; they are still growing. They are still understanding themselves. To hit them with something…

— Malachi Kirby

Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n'…

— Bonnie Raitt

Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings.

— Fernand Pouillon

I'm in great company and some may say that the underexposure has added to my allure and the staying power of me…

— Black Thought

“But it is important to know this, to know your roots. To know where you started as a person. If not, your…

— Khaled Hosseini

The word relationship is beautiful. The original meaning of the root from which the word to relate comes is exactly the same…

— Rajneesh

The root of honesty is an honest intention, the distinct and deliberate purpose to be true, to handle facts as they are,…

— Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Branches grew from his hands, his hair. His thoughts tangled like roots in the ground. He strained upward. Pitch ran like tears…

— Anonymous

In Radical Optimism, Beatrice Bruteau sets forth a deep and shining vision of spirituality, one that guides the reader into the contemplative…

— Sue Monk Kidd

We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines…

— Greg Oden

Our great need is not ardour to save man but courage to face God - courage to face God with our soul…

— Peter Forsyth

If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see…

— Alfred de Musset

After the war in Afghanistan, Anna [Wintour, editor of Vogue], deciding to save the world one hair-roller at a time, thought the…

— Myrna Blyth

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been…

— Jonas Salk

Incorrect assumptions lie at the root of every failure. Have the courage to test your assumptions.

— Brian Tracy

Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.

— Malcolm X

I hunt everywhere for a life worth living and a knowledge worth knowing. Having roots nowhere, I have everywhere to go.

— Anonymous

The roots of the grass strain, Tighten, the earth is rigid, waits-he is waiting- And suddenly, and all at once, the rain!

— Archibald MacLeish

The root cause of all the problems we have in the world today is ignorance of course. But most, polarization.

— Maya Angelou

Money Is The Root Of All Evil I Thought…But When Im Broke Is Usually When I Have The Evilest Thoughts

— Fabolous

To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.

— Richard Mabey

We do not act because we know, but we know because we are called upon to act; the practical reason is the…

— Johann Gottlieb Fichte

I am tired of myself in every way. All things, deep down to the secret of their roots, are stained by the…

— Fernando Pessoa

If you're going to fight terrorism, to me, you fight the root causes of terrorism.

— Lupe Fiasco

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of…

— Gene Simmons

We use the term pop in the art world, as in Pop Art, but we forget that its root is popular -…

— Jeffrey Deitch

Because of our Turkish roots, we still have a very strong relationship with Turkey.

— Ilkay Gundogan

Belief has no place as far as science reaches, and may be first permitted to take root where science stops.

— Rudolf Virchow

But somehow I feel the world is taking me away from my original rock roots of inspiration. Rock and roll is losing…

— Anupam Roy