Quotes About Roots

Our [western] culture cuts us off from our natural roots, instead of contributing toward the cultivation of the natural beings we are. This tradition has, in this way, rendered us extraneous to our environment, extraneous to one another as living beings, en even extraneous to ourselves.

Music, as you know, is an incredibly complex process, including conceiving, writing, studying, organizing, listening. The fabric of music has its roots everywhere. That's why it is so beautiful.

the fact that most people live and die where they were born, or they leave home and live somewhere else for decades but come back to pass away, like migrating birds

I'm from Tennessee. My mom lives in Nashville. I'm born and bred country. That's all I listen to.

I used to pretend that I was just passing through this family on my way to my real one.

did not realize at that time that when you plant seeds, you also get roots.

I did not realize at that time that when you plant seeds, you also get roots.

You can take the pink hair dye out of the girl, but you never lose those roots. I took another sip of the martini. You don't know me. At the end of the bar, the other customer lifted his face to Peter Jennings and smiled. Maybe, Seven said, but neither do you.

Every friendship has its own birthplace.

Trees endure the hot sun and rainstorms by sending their roots down deeper. The adversity they face is eventually the source of great stability. The harshness of the elements surrounding them causes them to seek another source of life. They will one day come to the place that even the greatest of windstorms cannot affect their ability to produce fruit.

In other words, a believer who chooses to delight in the Word of God in the midst of adversity will avoid being offended. That person will be like a tree whose roots search deep to where the Spirit provides strength and nourishment. He will draw from the well of God deep within his spirit. This will mature him to the point where adversity will now be the catalyst for fruit. Hallelujah!

A home is not a building or a street or a city or something so artificial as bricks and mortar. A home is where one's family is...

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That's its balance.

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family

Family... Like branches on a tree our lives may grow in different directions but our roots will stay as one!!

We're all ghosts. We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.

Hometown is like my quilts. Sometimes when you are in sweet dreams, you don't feel it's comfortable.

Work hard and follow your dreams, but never forget where you came from.

I know Jonny Howson well because he's a Leeds boy.

I was born in Leeds, grew up in Bridlington.

I want to be somewhere that I can call home and leave a legacy.

I want to be here in L.A. - a place where I can call home - and leave a legacy.