Cannot See The Forest For The Trees Quotes

#1. Its not about learning to trust. Its about learning what it is I place my trust in and why. Its like learning to see the forest for the trees. You cannot see the forest for the trees unless you are outside the forest.

Bashar Al-Assad

#2. Trust not to outward show.
[Lat., Fronti nulla fides.]

Juvenal

#3. If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.

Howard Zinn

#4. A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.

Karl Kraus

#5. I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?

Cameron Diaz

#6. The more potential dangerous thing than not being able to see forest because of the trees is not being to see the trees because of the forest

Anonymous

#7. Studying neuro-linguistic programming is what teaches you how to implant and extract thoughts. Mixing psychology, hypnotism and magic somewhat goes into this area called mentalism, which is what I mostly do. It's magic of the mind.

Keith Barry

#8. This is the effect of panic, a natural effect, you could say that animal nature is like this, plant life would behave in exactly the same way, too, if it did not have all those roots to hold it in the ground, and how nice it would be to see the trees of the forest fleeing the flames.

Jose Saramago

#9. Little children adore me - I'm a Troll Tamer and they know it! ...

John Geddes

#10. Don't you see? You created this forest! It is your imagination that has given these trees the water to grow. It is your hopes that blazed a path through it. It is your dreams that give it the magic. All of this was created from within you!

Michael Delaware

#11. I can't see the forest through the trees, except the trees are people.

Sloane Crosley

#12. Never play tips from "insiders." They can't see the forest for the trees.

Bernard Baruch

#13. If men are too blind to govern themselves, how can they be trusted to govern others?

Philip K. Dick

#14. We see trees - they see only posts and beams.

David Kennett

#15. The Board's role is to pull management out of the trees to see the forest.

Pearl Zhu

#16. The CIO must now wear many hats, and see the forest through the trees.

Pearl Zhu

#17. Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent.

Emile M. Cioran

#18. A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see.

David Douglas

#19. Don't take it so hard, Joel," Johnson cut in. "After all, prayer is
not the monopoly of one." (Chapter 18)

Ryanne Salve

#20. Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

Chanakya

#21. I just think it's difficult for them to see the forest for the trees right now, which I can't blame them for, given the circumstances they found themselves in.

Denis Leary

#22. Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act ... What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.

Dallas Willard

#23. You don't see the forest for the trees.

Karen Marie Moning

#24. At night, what you see is a city, because all you see is lights. By day, it doesn't look like a city at all. The trees out-number the houses. And that's completely typical of Seattle. You can't quite tell: is it a city, is it a suburb, is the forest growing back?

Jonathan Raban

#25. You can't see the forest for the trees, Kanade. You say you don't do anything for him ... So then tell me why Arou always gets that grin on his face when you're around? Forget about what those girls say ... and trust in Arou's smile.

Sakura Tsukuba

#26. Do you understand? Do you see the forest through the trees? Do you not see what I am no longer not saying to you? If so - congratulations! Prepare to have sex constantly.

Chuck Klosterman

#27. Wood's not natural mulch for a woodland garden. Do you see forest trees shatter into a zillion pieces and fall? No. They fall, then decompose, then spread.

Janet Macunovich