Roots Quotes

1850 Roots quotes by 1361 unique authors

He in whom all this is destroyed, and taken out with the very root, he, when freed from hatred and wise, is called respectable. — Max Muller
Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us. — David Steindl-Rast
Solitude without togetherness deteriorates into loneliness. One needs strong roots in togetherness to be solitary rather than lonely when one is alone. — David Steindl-Rast
We plant our roots in trembling earth, we live where mountains rose and fell and prehistoric seas burned away in mist. We and the towns… — Robert R. McCammon
Secretary of State Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem-economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as… — Barbara Lee
Your silent thoughts are like the roots of a plant. They remain hidden in the dark recesses of the earth, but from them stems the… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
The outlaw is the radical, the one close to the roots of existence. The one who refuses to forget their humanity and, in remembering, helps… — David Whyte
The driving force behind today's terrorist threat is Islamist fundamentalism. The struggle we are engaged in is, at root, ideological. During the last century a… — David Cameron
I call this my church house trilogy. Souls' Chapel really was music from the Mississippi Delta, which to me is a church within itself. The… — Marty Stuart
It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of… — Graham Sutherland
Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty. — Walter Darby Bannard
The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think… — Robert Genn
Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance. — Lyndon B. Johnson
The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them,… — Brigham Young
It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness… — Theodore Roosevelt
We not only speak but think and even dream in words. Language is a mirror in which the whole spiritual development of mankind reflects itself.… — Ernest Klein
. . . first in myth, later in reality, passion and violence watered my root soil. — Roy Wilkins
The great menace of civilization in the present is that we offer an education with too little regard for the roots. — Vincent Massey
Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation. — Pythagoras
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer. And I… — Dylan Thomas
The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair… — John Muir
If the world suffers from mental deterioration or from moral degradation, then something goes wrong at the very root of civilization or culture. Even though… — Jawaharlal Nehru
It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem… — Sarah Orne Jewett
I believe that the imperative need of the day is not simply revival, but a radical reformation that will go to the root of our… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The english word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more 'think-ful' about the contribution of others, they would… — John C. Maxwell

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