Roots Quotes

1850 quotes by 1361 authors

Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees… — Lawrence Hargrave
God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm.… — Saint John Chrysostom
Hinduism is a living organism liable to growth and decay subject to the laws of Nature. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown… — Mahatma Gandhi
I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though… — Ronald Reagan
Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness. — William Carey
Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized… — John Henrik Clarke
It is more than their land that you take away from the people, whose native land you take. It is their past as well, their… — Isak Dinesen
If we are to live with our feet on the ground, in touch with reality, we must help one another accept the fact that we… — Carter Heyward
Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices...rather than to root them out. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances - all kinds of dangerous alliances.… — Peter Drucker
You can't learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the dry season, these… — Barry Lopez
The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of the eyes. — Nicholas Culpeper
The last time I had this much fun was a root-canal operation. — Unknown Author
Do you know that the words meditation and medicine come from the same root? Meditation is a kind of medicine; its use is only for… — Rajneesh
The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past. — Desmond Morris
The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he… — Zhuangzi
Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and blame the roots for not… — R. Buckminster Fuller
True gardeners cannot bear a glove Between the sure touch and the tender root. — May Sarton

Who Wrote These Roots Quotes

1,361 authors contributed a total of 1,850 Roots Quotes, led by these top contributors: