Uproots Quotes

#1. Negroes
Sweet and docile,
Meek, humble, and kind:
Beware the day
They change their minds!
Wind
In the cotton fields,
Gentle breeze:
Beware the hour
It uproots trees!

Langston Hughes

#2. The same wind that uproots trees makes the grass shine. The lordly wind loves the weakness and the lowness of grasses. Never brag of being strong. The axe doesn't worry how thick the branches are. It cuts them to pieces. But not the leaves. It leaves the leaves alone.

Rumi

#3. I never touched drink. It uproots you. Plants you some place you will never remember the morning after.

Abigail George

#4. Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots.

Christopher Lasch

#5. Whoever is uprooted himself uproots others. Whoever is rooted himself doesn't uproot others.

Simone Weil

#6. God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.

Vincent De Paul

#7. One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith, be condemned. But also its guilt must be understood.

Albert Camus

#8. Gratitude is the number one spiritual combatant against bitterness and anger. A thankful spirit naturally uproots and prevents dark emotions from poisoning the soil of our spirits.

Anna Blanc

#9. To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it has to make your skin crawl by getting under it. Strangely, that last clause could describe provocative or daring music, as well.

Carrie Brownstein

#10. Susan had never before come across the idea that you could rise in Society by, as it were, gaining marks, especially since such noblemen as she'd met in her father's house had used neither serviette nor napkin but a state of mind, which was Drop it on the floor, the dogs'll eat it.

Terry Pratchett

#11. Karma will always follow us close behind ... There is no escaping it.
Question is do you want good or bad karma following you???

Timothy Pina

#12. There is no failure, only a process which is leading us to become the greatest version of ourselves.

Ralph Smart

#13. The stereotype of aging as a progressive loss of function is generally true only for people who stop functioning.

Joan Z. Borysenko

#14. When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.

Marisha Pessl

#15. We must practice living deeply, loving, and acting with charity if we wish to truly honor Jesus.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#16. I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.

Aaron Swartz

#17. I sucked in so much air it was a wonder Hawk didn't immediately pass out due to lack of oxygen.

Kristen Ashley