Roots Quotes

1850 Roots quotes by 1361 unique authors

It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that… — Richard Sibbes
To kill the grass you must also remove the root — Pol Pot
A people that has licked a more formidable enemy than Germany or Japan, primitive North America . . . a country whose national motto has… — D. W Brogan
People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche. — E. V. Lucas
Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root. — William Shakespeare
It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as… — Rich Mullins
Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know its nature. To… — Ayn Rand
I am sometimes asked, 'Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much… — George Thorndike Angell
The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God — J I Packer
Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven. — Bertrand Russell
I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption… — Benigno Aquino III
Just as the roots of trees take firmer hold when they are contending with the wind; so faith takes firmer hold when it struggles with… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots, the dreadful sense… — Hector Berlioz
The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we… — Ronald Reagan
The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil… — Max Born
Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people… — Douglas Coupland
No writer or speaker who ignores the roots of Latin derivatives is secure from egregious error. — Unknown Author
Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealt with the root cause. — Rick Warren
At root, vulgar just means popular on a mass scale. It is the semantic opposite of pretentious or snobby. It is humility with a comb-over.… — David Foster Wallace
My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am thy yesterday and thou are my tomorrow. I am they root in the earth and thou… — Khalil Gibran
We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between rich… — Poul Hartling
Ideas are the root of creation. — Ernest Dimnet
There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had its roots in sexual excitation and that its original meaning was sexually… — Sigmund Freud
Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and glance… — Barbara Holland
Truth is, most of us contain a splashing, giggling, squealing child who knows without thinking that bare skin and water go together as wings go… — Janet Lembke

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