35 Oak Quotes for You to Enjoy

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

Life Strength Strong Pressure Made Long Difficulties Oak Winds Remind Without Diamonds Contrary Us Grow

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. James Allen

Dreams Time Achievement Soul Vision Bird Angel First Sleeps Oak Dream Highest Greatest Greatest Achievement Waits Waking Egg Acorn Realities

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve

Savage Music Bend Soften Oak Charms Rocks

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. Albert Schweitzer

Moving On Great Character Better Sometimes Light Mind Calamities Bends Those Oak Willow Tempest Spirits Recover Sooner Than Escapes Frivolous Often Happens Which Elasticity Presence

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

Day You Every Day Matter Fall Action Down Every Tree Oak Take Powerful Steps Know Identify Priorities Redwood Go Five Intend Move Your Forward Each Each Day Initiatives 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

In treating of the oak, I have considered that the species of it growing in warm climates is superior to that which is produced in cold countries. But we must not imagine this to be the case with all woods; on the contrary, the fir timber grown in cold countries is superior to that produced in warm ones, where its growth is rapid. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

It was so weird that I would end up directing 'The Greatest Game Ever Played,' because, y'know, I'm not a big golfer myself. But I grew up around the game. My mom and dad kind of built their dream house off the 11th fairway of Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth. Bill Paxton

Myself Mom Game Worth Country Big Club Oak Kind Dream Would Shady Directing Weird Country Club House Fairway Because Around Greatest Built Off End Up Grew Golfer Fort Mom And Dad Dad Ever Played

We slept in the park before we had a house, and eventually we shared a home - my parents, my grandparents and five uncles, my family, all of us - on White Oaks Street by Magnolia Street near the railroad. Those were hard times, but I loved living there. Debbie Reynolds

Home Family Parents Before White Living Slept Those Oak Park Uncles Had Shared House Were Five Times Loved Us Grandparents Hard Hard Times Eventually Near Railroad Street

My dad was somewhat of a naturalist and used to teach us about different birds and trees. So did a fifth grade teacher who made a lasting impact on me; to this day, I remember his lessons about counting the needles on pine trees, seeing if they are twisted or straight, and about checking the tips of oak leaves to see if they are pointed or lobed. Henry Paulson

Teacher Day Me Remember Made Lasting Trees Birds Oak See Impact Seeing About Somewhat Pointed Counting Checking Leaves His Pine Did Grade Tips Different Straight Us Fifth Teach Used Naturalist Who Lessons Dad Twisted Needles

In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together. Imelda May

Me Together Woman Wife Animals Tree Back Top Oak Out London Crow Park Had Invited House She Beck Said Passing Came Fallen Up Ended Happened Jamming Turned Across Rescued Jeff Jeff Beck Her

It was a strange feeling, filming a night scene in Selly Oak High Street with a television crew and famous actors in tow, when twenty years ago, at that time of night, I would've been stumbling around in search of a kebab. Jed Mercurio

I was born in Sherman Oaks, California. Jennifer Aniston

Oak Born California

You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales. Jim Crace

You Beneath Oak Thousand Tales Survey Any Stand English

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