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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
George Herbert
George Herbert
George Herbert
Born: Apr 3, 1593
Died: Mar 1, 1633

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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down. Jack Canfield
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Day You Every Day Matter Fall Down Every Tree Oak Take Redwood Go Five Eventually Ax
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots. George Herbert
Oak Make Storms Roots Grow Deeper
Giant oak trees... have deep root systems that can extend two-and-one-half times their height. Such trees rarely are blown down regardless of how violent the storms may be. Joseph B. Wirthlin
Nature Down Trees Giant Oak Systems Rarely How Times Blown May Regardless Storms Height Root Deep Extend Violent
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. Neil Gaiman
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