Family Quote by Robert Browning

Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while families last not three oaks.

— Thomas Browne

“Our Fathers finde their graves in our short memories… Generations passe while some trees stand, and old Families last not three Oaks.” His”

— J.D. Taylor

Every acorn on the ground is just as alive as the three-hundred-year-old oak tree that towers over it.

— Hope Jahren

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

Then here 's to the oak, the brave old oak, Who stands in his pride alone! And still flourish he a hale green tree…

— Henry Chorley

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

— David Mitchell

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages.

— Robertson Davies

“Most family trees have”

— Kimberly Powell

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

— Peter Marshall

Compared with me, a tree is immortal.

— Sylvia Plath

There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.

— Carolyn Hax

Everyone has a family tree; the Dawsons have one, it's a weeping willow.

— Les Dawson