Showing posts with label oaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oaks. Show all posts

Monday, 28 October 2024

Quotes: George Bernard Shaw

"Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn. You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak." 

–– George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, and social activist 

via: Sketchbook  O 15, 2024, p. 43.

Friday, 20 May 2022

Quotes: 14th Century Proverb

"Mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow." 

–– 14th Century Proverb 

via: Sketchbook 11, 2010, p.150.