Side by side Quote by Staci Hart

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

— Peter Marshall

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

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

— Panache Desai

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

— Peter Marshall

“The two giant oaks in the front yard looked like flustered ladies caught mid-curtsy, their starched green leaf-dresses swaying in the wind.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

“I loved this time of night, how everything softened and lost the hard edges of day, and how, if the wind moved just right,…

— Beth Hoffman

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

— David Mitchell

“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

“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

“ 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

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

— Mark Sanborn