Great Oaks Quotes

#1. 'Tis true there is much to be done, ... but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping wears away stones ... and little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says ...

Benjamin Franklin

#2. Big streams from little fountains flow. Great oaks from little acorns grow;

E.D.E.N. Southworth

#3. Little strokes fell great oaks.

Benjamin Franklin

#4. Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.

Alexander Pope

#5. Service to mankind must ever be the ideal of this great university. It was established in the name of Jesus Christ, who gave his life that all men might live.

Dallin H. Oaks

#6. Life is to be used, not just held in the hand like a box of bonbons that nobody eats.

John Dos Passos

#7. The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

Alan Rickman

#8. No one dies of nausea, but it can seriously sap the will to live.

Yann Martel

#9. If you cannot change your circumstances, then change your attitude.

Mark W. Boyer

#10. Getting your money's worth is not enough. Get your heart and mind's worth.

Steven Dietz

#11. Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

Questlove

#12. Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

George III

#13. Hardships can deprive mortals of the power to ACT. But at the same time, hardships can be the means of eternal growth in ATTITUDE and DESIRE. If endured with the right attitude and accompanied by righteous desires, suffering and deprivation can be the agency of great growth in our spirits.

Dallin H. Oaks

#14. Read your Bible, child; this world is not a paradise but a vale of tears.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#15. The wind speaks not more sweetly to the giant Oaks than to the least of all blades of grass, And he alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving

Kahlil Gibran

#16. As children of God, knowing of His great love and His ultimate knowledge of what is best for our eternal welfare, we trust in Him. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and faith means trust.

Dallin H. Oaks

#17. The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of his daughters, because only to his daughters has God given the power to be a creator of bodies so that God's design and the great plan might meet fruition.

Dallin H. Oaks

#18. The Barks of Trees are best gathered in the Spring, if it be of great Trees, as Oaks or the like, because then they come easiest off, and so you may dry them if you please, but indeed your best way is to gather all Barks only for present use.

Nicholas Culpeper

#19. The best predictor of quality of life is sleep.

Samantha Ettus

#20. As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates.

Barbara Hambly

#21. The intensity of our desire to share the gospel is a great indicator of the extent of our personal conversion.

Dallin H. Oaks