“It is with men as with other things. The mullein needs only a year, but the oak a century, and the greatest men are those who have continued to grow as long as they have lived.” MenNeedsYearsLongGrowsGrowthCenturyOaksGreatest Man Book:Tributes and miscellany Source: Tributes and miscellany
“Organic growth is a cyclical process; it is just as true to say that the oak is a potential acorn as it is to say the acorn is a potential oak. But the process of writing a poem, of making any art object, is not cyclical but a motion in one direction toward a definite end.” WritingArtEndsProcessGrowthObjectsDefiniteOaksOne DirectionAcorns Author:W. H. Auden
“Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summerand wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us--it has come to stay--and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation.” MayHas BeensSeemsNationsGrowthRedCrossesPlantRememberedBranchesReliefShelterOaksFrostSturdyShrubsRed Cross Author:Clara Barton
“The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment in which you find yourself. Sometimes you have to get out of that environment to see that dream fulfilled. It’s like planting an oak sapling in a pot. Once it becomes rootbound, its growth is limited. It needs a great space to become a mighty oak. So do you.” NeedsHeartMaySometimesDreamGrowthSpaceEnvironmentBiggerFinding YourselfPotFulfilledOaksSaplingsMighty Oaks Author:Darren Hardy
“Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.” LifeYearsHas BeensWisdomGrowthBeautyTreeGeniusThousandSpringThousand YearsOaksReeds Author:George Henry Lewes