Grounded Quote by Curtis Tyrone Jones

“what good are roots if you can't take them with you”

— Gertrude Stein

“Be as strong as the roots and as free as the leaves.”

— Peter Yeremenko

“Roots, I sometimes think, are a conservative myth, designed to keep us in our places.”

— Salman Rushdie

“those roots were made for walking. And that’s not all they do.”

— Christopher L. Bennett

“My roots are firmly planted in the glory of nature. The soil beneath my feet heartens each step.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“The strongest natures, when they are influenced, submit the most unreservedly; it is perhaps a sign of their strength.”

— Virginia Woolf

“If a person is shallow there's no room for roots.”

— Lainey Reese

“Once you commit and decide that there is no turning back, you’ll find the strength.”

— Marta Mrotek

“When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind.”

— Spiritual Trickster

“Being strong doesn't mean you never fall down, but it does mean that you always get back up again.”

— Alexander Janzer

“Sometimes something comes along and tears your roots right out the ground, and that’s when you know you been planted too long.”

— Sheri Reynolds

“The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”

— Malcolm Gladwell