Trees Quote by Dale Carnegie

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

— William Penn

“Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

You know what they say, the high trees get the wind.

— Lance Armstrong

The tallest trees catch the most wind. That comes with the territory of being me.

— Joey Barton

“Trees endure the hot sun and rainstorms by sending their roots down deeper. The adversity they face is eventually the source of great stability.…

— John Bevere

It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart…

— Herodotus

Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Trees that, like the poplar, lift upward all their boughs, give no shade and no shelter, whatever their height. Trees the most lovingly shelter…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

— Horace

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

— Horace

The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees

— Anonymous