It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.
– Matshona Dhliwayo
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- The branches do not support the root. But the root supports the branches. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Strength, strength is what I need; nothing can be done without strength; and strength must be gained by strength. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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- Digging through my roots to understand the way my branches grew. – Saleem Haddad
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- Trees raised their naked, mottled branches to the sky like mourners stilled in attitudes of grief. – Arundhati Roy
- …We’ll exchange rings, we’ll throw rice. We’ll put down roots.’We don’t have roots. We’re network people. We have aerials. – Bruce Sterling
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- trees with strong roots bear delicious fruits. – Srinivas Shenoy
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- Trees, O trees, why can’t you hold on to your leaves? – Marty Rubin
- Trees, O trees, why can’t you hold on to your leaves? – Marty Rubin
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- …lies is lies. Howsever they come, they didn’t ought to come, and they come from the father of lies, work round to the same. – Charles ens
- What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson – Ralph Waldo Emerson