Acorns Quote by Alexander Pope

“A farmer’s crops weren’t doing well. He had tried everything he could with the land and soil he had, but no matter what he…

— Eula McGrevey

Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees,…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

— George Henry Lewes

Then here 's to the oak, the brave old oak, Who stands in his pride alone! And still flourish he a hale green tree…

— Henry Chorley

Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and…

— Bill Vaughan

I have seen oaks of many species in many kinds of exposure and soil, but those of Kentucky excel in grandeur all I had…

— John Muir

Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a…

— Augustus William Hare

“Big oaks grow from small acorns, and activity is a precursor to accomplishment. You don't think yourself into success.”

— Mark Sanborn

“Two sturdy oaks I mean, which side by side, Withstand the winter's storm, And spite of wind and tide, Grow up the meadow's pride,…

— Staci Hart

“You can’t just walk up to a stand of unsuspecting oaks and start touching. They’d think you’re getting fresh with them.”

— Dana Marton

No-one wants acorns, but everyone wants oaks.

— Steve Fowler

For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old…

— Herman Melville