Leaves Quotes

2444 Leaves quotes by 1664 unique authors

As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are… — Frederick William Robertson
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. — Backseat Goodbye
Man is not the most majestic of the creatures; long before the mammals even, the dinosaurs were far more splendid. But he has what no… — Jacob Bronowski
A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step… — Unknown Author
The key to getting the record is running fast because someone else did not take it too crazy at the beginning, so it leaves me… — Bernard Lagat
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that… — Johann Gottfried Herder
She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along. — Margaret Culkin Banning
The impression that a praying mother leaves upon her children is life-long. Perhaps when you are dead and gone your prayer will be answered. — Dwight L. Moody
Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate. — Sun Tzu
Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree, and it can be said that he should simply not be… — Takeda Shingen
The suicide does not play the game, does not observe the rules. He leaves the party too soon, and leaves the other guests painfully uncomfortable. — Joyce Carol Oates
The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to ranking spleen and bigotry; it makes patriotism… — William Hazlitt
Let no man grumble when his friends fall off, As they will do like leaves at the first breeze; When your affairs come round, one… — Lord Byron
Champagne is the only drink that leaves a woman still beautiful after drinking it. — Madame de Pompadour
...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the… — Maya Angelou
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend: the… — Al Alvarez
An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it. — Mark Twain
It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good… — Henry Rollins
Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves! — Unknown Author
The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold.... I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hands, I… — Johnny Mercer
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to… — Alexander Smith
Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall. — Adelaide Crapsey
The leaves are falling, falling as from way off, as though far gardens withered in the skies; they are falling with denying gestures. And in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see, when I bend close, how each leaflet of a climbing rose is bordered with frost, the autumn counterpart of the dewdrops of summer… — Edwin Way Teale

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