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A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.

A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.
– Matshona Dhliwayo

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  1. A tree’s nature does not change because the wind blew off a few of its leaves. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  2. A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  3. Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?.. He would not wither. He would not be ashamed of dying. – Mitch Albom
  4. The crimson leaf that blew past looked the twin of the one she’d picked up in the palace courtyard: a bloodied hand. – SM Jonas
  5. I turned to him and he reached for my hand. It would have been easier to walk away. But the wind still blew around us and the house still stood. – Kate Chisman
  6. He (Frederick II) famously describe Poland as an ‘artichoke, ready to be consumed leaf by leaf – Christopher Clark
  7. Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light. – Bryant McGill
  8. Words are wind, and the wind from Manderly’s mouth means no more than the wind escaping his bottom. – George RR Martin
  9. Tides washed the wounds but the scars remained and continued to burn whenever a similar wind blew… – Parna Chowdhury
  10. and the wind gathered the leaves as a mother gathers her children and blew them irrevocably, lovingly, into the haunted wildness – Elliot Mabeuse
  11. …we went to watch the waves that bitter day and the wind took your red cap and mittens – blew them into the sea… – John Geddes
  12. A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  13. Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  14. A small tree with large roots will last longer than a large tree with small roots. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  15. Lies can’t grow. Once plucked they can only wither. But every truth, once planted, grows into a tall, noble tree.  – Stefan Emunds
  16. If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  17. Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  18. I was stirred only like a leaf in the wind, that is all. . . – Anas Nin
  19. Mr Jenkins. Unique, as every star in the sky is unique, every leaf on every tree, every snowflake, every farandola, every cherubim, unique: Named. – Madeleine LEngle
  20. If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree. – Michael Crichton
  21. If you don’t know history, you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree. – Michael Chrichton
  22. Your initiatives should be purposeful. Never climb a tree with the purpose of plucking a fruit, only to come down with a leaf. – Israelmore Ayivor
  23. Preoccupied with a single leaf you won’t see the tree. – Vagabond
  24. Remember that on any world the wind eventually wears away the stone, because the stone can only crumble; the wind can change. – AC Crispin
  25. A floating leaf has more to boast about than a sinking ship. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  26. If you waste time watering a fruitless tree, fruitful ones may die of thirst. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  27. Wither thou goest, I will go; thy people shall by my people; where thou diest, will I die, and there I be buried. – Cassandra Clare
  28. Ideas take root at the oddest moments. Some grow into novels, the weaker ones wither and die. – Pippa DaCosta
  29. Without the door let sorrow lie,And if for cold it hap to die,We’ll bury ‘t in a Christmas pie,And evermore be merry. – George Wither
  30. Be still:There is no longer any need of comment.It was a lucky windThat blew away his halo with his cares,A lucky sea that drowned his reputation. – Thomas Merton
  31. When the wind blows, the weak are carried away by it, the strong resist it, and the wise manipulate it. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  32. An apple only falls far from its tree when carried away by divine winds. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  33. When you’re conscious of what you’re permitting to germinate inside you, the weeds in your life will wither away of their own accord. – Lawrence Shorter
  34. A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. – Gene Roddenberry
  35. When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away. – Jane Jacobs
  36. Wind is wind. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  37. Wind is the sacred music of the leaves; wherever and whenever the wind blows, over there leaves start their holy dancing frantically! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  38. The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it’s gone. – Jalaluddin Rumi
  39. Other times when I hear the wind blowI feel that just hearing the wind blow makes it worth being born. – Alberto Caeiro
  40. Every bonsaidreams of being a tall tree – until the wind blows – Don Barnard

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