Quotes about Roots

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

American music comes from the same tree, but sometimes we get to these places in history where we forget where things come from, and they get compartmentalized.

the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

Principles are not conclusions but starting points, principia. When

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

women have their roots in the ground, and often those roots are starved and ravaged, yet there is not a human alive who cannot reach and touch, with... her fingers, the very top of God's rainbow.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.

I knew he wouldn't die, because his life was like the roots of a tree that went miles into the soil and miles around its trunk and came up in my cousins, in their faces and their voices and their character. I didn't think you could kill a tree that big. Not even God could kill a tree that big.