Oak Quotes

201 quotes by 169 authors

In time the savage bull sustains the yoke; In time all haggard hawks will stoop to lure; In time small wedges cleave the hardest oak,… — Thomas Kyd
Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak. — William Shakespeare
Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and… — George Bernard Shaw
Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter,… — E F Schumacher
The world of life, of spontaneity, the world of dawn and sunset and starlight, the world of soil and sunshine, of meadow and woodland, of… — Thomas Berry
I felt a positive yearning toward one bush this afternoon. There was a match found for me at last. I fell in love with a… — Henry David Thoreau
Yet poetry, though the last and finest result, is a natural fruit. As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd,… — Henry David Thoreau
The Law of Divine Compensation posits that this is a self-organizing and self-correcting universe: the embryo becomes a baby, the bud becomes a blossom, the… — Marianne Williamson
Giant oak trees... have deep root systems that can extend two-and-one-half times their height. Such trees rarely are blown down regardless of how violent the… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The memories that I have are mostly at our old ranch, out in Agoura. We used to go out there every Saturday. I can smell… — Patti Davis
At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard. — Alain Ducasse
At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades improved dramatically. This… — Caroline Lawrence
With a proven track record as a reliable, low cost producer able to meet the needs of our customers with a diversity of operations, coal… — Joe Craft
And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction. — John Motson
Our success in this matter is important to all Americans. Whether you are in the forest land business or just enjoy the shade of a… — Leonard Boswell
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some… — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
You say you have thousands of my days; but I have thousands of moments, in which I can be merry and happy [the ephemera replying… — Hans Christian Andersen
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why… — Charles M. Schulz
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. — Unknown Author
A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple a building — John Adams

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