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Oak Quotes

At a distance this fine oak seems to be of ordinary size. But if I place myself under its branches, the impression changes completely: I see it as big, and even terrifying in its bigness Picture Quote #1

All the love and joy that a man has ever received in perception is laid up in him as the sunshine of a hundred years is laid up in the bole of the oak Picture Quote #1

It is with men as with other things. The mullein needs only a year, but the oak a century, and the greatest men are those who have continued to grow as long as they have lived Picture Quote #1

The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly Picture Quote #1

We do not make beams from the hollow, decaying trunk of the fallen oak. We use the upsoaring tree in the full vigor of its sap Picture Quote #1

Every noble achievement is a dream before it is a reality just as the oak is an acorn before it is a tree Picture Quote #1

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Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze Picture Quote #1

The oak... has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm Picture Quote #1

It is a vast wilderness of rocks in a sea of light, colored and glowing like oak and maple in autumn, when the sun gold is richest Picture Quote #1

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze Picture Quote #1

Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay Picture Quote #1

You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different Picture Quote #1

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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak Picture Quote #1

I been meek, and hard like an oak, I seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me, honey baby, I’ll be here Picture Quote #1

What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak Picture Quote #1

The squirrel has not yet found the acorn that will grow to the oak that will be cut to form the cradle of the babe that will grow to slay me Picture Quote #1

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm Picture Quote #1

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived Picture Quote #1

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The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun Picture Quote #1

I felt a positive yearning toward one bush this afternoon. There was a match found for me at last. I fell in love with a shrub oak Picture Quote #1

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it Picture Quote #1

As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done Picture Quote #1

An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots Picture Quote #1

Each human being is bred with a unique set of potentials that yearn to be fulfilled as surely as the acorn yearns to become the oak within it Picture Quote #1

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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character Picture Quote #1

The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage Picture Quote #1

Yet poetry, though the last and finest result, is a natural fruit. As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. It is the chief and most memorable success, for history is but a prose narrative of poetic deeds Picture Quote #1

$Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound would enlarge with the tree, and posterity read in it full grown characters Picture Quote #1$

The hunter who accepts the sporting code of ethics keeps his commandments in the greatest solitude, with no witness or audience other than the sharp peaks of the mountain, the roaming cloud, the stern oak, the trembling juniper, and the passing animal Picture Quote #1

A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest Picture Quote #1

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At a distance this fine oak seems to be of ordinary size. But if I place myself under its branches, the impression changes completely: I see it as big, and even terrifying in its bigness (Oak Quotes) All the love and joy that a man has ever received in perception is laid up in him as the sunshine of a hundred years is laid up in the bole of the oak (Oak Quotes) It is with men as with other things. The mullein needs only a year, but the oak a century, and the greatest men are those who have continued to grow as long as they have lived (Oak Quotes) The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly (Oak Quotes) We do not make beams from the hollow, decaying trunk of the fallen oak. We use the upsoaring tree in the full vigor of its sap (Oak Quotes) Every noble achievement is a dream before it is a reality just as the oak is an acorn before it is a tree (Oak Quotes) Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze (Oak Quotes) The oak... has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm (Oak Quotes) It is a vast wilderness of rocks in a sea of light, colored and glowing like oak and maple in autumn, when the sun gold is richest (Oak Quotes) When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze (Oak Quotes) Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay (Oak Quotes) You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different (Oak Quotes) In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak (Oak Quotes) I been meek, and hard like an oak, I seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me, honey baby, I’ll be here (Oak Quotes) What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak (Oak Quotes) The squirrel has not yet found the acorn that will grow to the oak that will be cut to form the cradle of the babe that will grow to slay me (Oak Quotes) The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm (Oak Quotes) The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived (Oak Quotes) The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun (Oak Quotes) I felt a positive yearning toward one bush this afternoon. There was a match found for me at last. I fell in love with a shrub oak (Oak Quotes) The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it (Oak Quotes) As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done (Oak Quotes) An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots (Oak Quotes) Each human being is bred with a unique set of potentials that yearn to be fulfilled as surely as the acorn yearns to become the oak within it (Oak Quotes) The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character (Oak Quotes) The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage (Oak Quotes) Yet poetry, though the last and finest result, is a natural fruit. As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. It is the chief and most memorable success, for history is but a prose narrative of poetic deeds (Oak Quotes) Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound would enlarge with the tree, and posterity read in it full grown characters (Oak Quotes) The hunter who accepts the sporting code of ethics keeps his commandments in the greatest solitude, with no witness or audience other than the sharp peaks of the mountain, the roaming cloud, the stern oak, the trembling juniper, and the passing animal (Oak Quotes) A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest (Oak Quotes)

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