Roots Quotes

People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.

Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.

Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.

If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a non-supportive root such as fear, anger or the need to 'prove' yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.

Always remember that renunciation is the root idea. Unless one is initiated into this idea, not even Brahma and the World - gods have the power to attain Mukti

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.

My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.

I never left my roots. You can identify me as someone that didn't become high and mighty. Humility is a defining [trait] all of us can forever learn, and I try to be as humble as anyone can be.

All of my works are performance pieces, as is true for many writers of color, writers who have indigenous roots - because our basis is spoken word.

Where there is no fruit, there may be no root.

The english word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more 'think-ful' about the contribution of others, they would be more 'thankful' to them.

Jealousy takes root in the soil of insecurity.

Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that channel, that as sin bred grief, so grief may consume sin.

The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.

the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root in God Himself

Modern humanity's sense of alienation lies in the fact that we have cut ourselves adrift from both the natural world and from the roots of our past.

'National Security' is the root password to the Constitution.

Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world.

Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.

Good governance is not fire-fighting or crisis-management. Instead of opting for ad-hoc solutions the need of the hour is to tackle the root cause of the problems.

Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.

Money is not the root of all kinds of evil. The love of money is. It’s also the root of a lot of bad art.

We came from many roots, and we have many branches.

Being a singer is not just for popularity, it is more like cheering people's hearts and never forget my root.

True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

The roots of addiction can be seen in our search for happiness in something outside of our self, be it drugs, relationships, material possessions.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you learn that the tragedy of plants is that they have roots.

The roots of our ecological crises are axiomatic: they lie in our belief and value structures which shape our relationship with nature, with each other and the lifestyles we lead.

Because I was born in Casablanca and my parents were from the south of Spain, I do not have a big central root in France. I feel French but in a few ways, not at all French.

Network marketing is really the greatest source of grass-roots capitalism, because it teaches people how to take a small bit of capital, that is your time, and build the American dream.

Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.

A right knowledge of sin lies at the root of all saving Christianity.

Nothing takes root in mind when there is no balance between doing and receiving.

Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.

I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear, and begin this journey with the light of knowing the root of my own furious love.

Where there is a rotten root, there will always be rotten fruit. We must be rooted in Jesus Christ.

I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips.

I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.

Do not get angry because others question what you believe, be calm and loving, for anger is the root of a faulty belief.

The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past.

Phenomenology is dialectic in ear-mode - a massive and decentralized quest for roots, for ground.

Religion is the root of quite a lot of evil.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

Anybody tells you that money is the root of all evil doesn't have any.

Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves.

Envy is the root of the egalitarian ethos.