Life Quote by Peter Marshall

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

— Peter Marshall

“Two sturdy oaks I mean, which side by side, Withstand the winter's storm, And spite of wind and tide, Grow up the meadow's pride,…

— Staci Hart

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

— George Henry Lewes

“The oak tree is firm and elegant and upright. The weeping willow has allowed the burdens of life to bend it.”

— Panache Desai

“You can’t just walk up to a stand of unsuspecting oaks and start touching. They’d think you’re getting fresh with them.”

— Dana Marton

“Just as the mighty oak must bend in the wind or snap So too must we learn, to make changes and to adapt”

— Gil Gonzales

“Oaks live for six hundred years. Two hundred to grow, two hundred to live, two hundred to die.”

— David Mitchell

We draw our strength from the great oaks of the forest. As they take their nourishment from the soil, and from the rains that…

— Juliet Marillier

“Even the mightiest oak can be felled by a whisper of a wind if it comes on the heels of a powerful enough storm.”

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Big oaks grow from small acorns, and activity is a precursor to accomplishment. You don't think yourself into success.”

— Mark Sanborn

“ The Oak Live thy Life, Young and old, Like yon oak, Bright in spring, Living gold; Summer-rich Then; and then Autumn-changed Soberer-hued Gold…

— Alfred Tennyson

“In the hills giant oaks Fall upon their knees You can touch parts You have no right to”

— Kay Ryan