Oak Quotes

201 Oak quotes by 169 unique authors

The tallest oak tree once was an acorn that any pig could have swallowed. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Embryos turn into babies; buds turn into blossoms; acorns turn into oak trees. The same programming that exists in them exists in each of us… — Marianne Williamson
Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow bodybuilders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I trust and believe that this College, this seed that we have sown, will grow to shelter and nurture generations who may add most notably… — Winston Churchill
I can see in the acorn the oak tree. I see the growth, the rebuilding, the restoring. I see that is the American psyche. There… — Maya Angelou
Since my stroke, I have begun to see so many miracles all around me. I look out of the window in my room: verdant grass,… — Kirk Douglas
Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. — Henry David Thoreau
The mind has grown to its present state of consciousness as an acorn grows into an oak, or as saurians developed into mammals. — Carl Jung
Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of Oak Creek, and… — Barack Obama
An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning… — Aesop
Each human being is bred with a unique set of potentials that yearn to be fulfilled as surely as the acorn yearns to become the… — Aristotle
What is the cause, though, of the growth of an acorn? The oak that is to come! What is to happen in the future is… — Joseph Campbell
It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn. — Alan Watts
The hunter who accepts the sporting code of ethics keeps his commandments in the greatest solitude, with no witness or audience other than the sharp… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow… — Edmund Burke
Each place its own mind, its own psyche! Oak, Madrone, Douglas fir, red-tailed hawk, serpentine in the sandstone, a certain scale to the topography, drenching… — David Abram
"I am not afeard, my Heart's-delight," resumed the Captain. "There's been most uncommon bad weather in them latitudes, there's no denyin', and they have drove… — Charles Dickens
I was feeling lonely without her, but the fact that I could feel lonely at all was consolation. Loneliness wasn't such a bad feeling. It… — Haruki Murakami
When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize… — Deepak Chopra
Outward attacks and troubles rather fix than unsettle the Christian, as tempests from without only serve to root the oak faster; while an inward canker… — Hannah More
When we really let go, we become everything. At that point we are identified with all things: the flower, the oak tree, the morning star. — Dennis Merzel
When the Lord starts out to make an oak tree, he takes a hundred years to do it in, but he can make a pumpkin… — Sterling W Sill
The very willow-rows lopped every three years for fuel or powder, - and every sizable pine and oak, or other forest tree, cut down within… — Henry David Thoreau
One year Halloween came on October 24, three hours after midnight. At that time, James Nightshade of 97 Oak Street was thirteen years, eleven months,… — Ray Bradbury
School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. There are many ways… — Ferdinand Foch

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