Roots Quotes

1850 Roots quotes by 1361 unique authors

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. — Jack Kingston
When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance… — Ieyasu Tokugawa
All finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot tear out its context. And… — William Macneile Dixon
And what a congress of stinks!- Roots ripe as old bait, Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich, Leaf mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks, Nothing would… — Theodore Roethke
Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the… — Khalil Gibran
A tree lives on its roots. If you change the root, you change the tree. Culture lives in human beings. If you change the human… — Jane Hirshfield
This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and… — Chris Van Hollen
I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins. — Ryan Giggs
The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Therefore, when a person refuses to come to Christ it is never just because of a lack of evidence or because of intellectual difficulties: at… — William Lane Craig
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people… — Miriam Makeba
The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our… — Pope Leo XIII
... it's Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier. — William Safire
The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots. — Christopher Lasch
The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in the… — Joan Halifax
Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their… — Christian Lous Lange
All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously. — Tom Robbins
I had rather get a root canal without anesthesia than to call your customer service office for help. — Jon Jones
You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.... Every… — Herbert Hoover
Never root for a team whose uniforms have elastic stretch waistbands. — Susan Sarandon
I avoid grandiose plans. I start with a small piece that I can do. I go to the root of the problem and then work… — Muhammad Yunus
Punishment is the root of violence on our planet. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Armed with all the powers, enjoying all the wealth they owe to science, our societies are still trying to practice and to teach systems of… — Jacques Monod

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