Acorns Quotes
Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”
It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.
Alan Watts (2017). “Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek”, p.24, Sounds True
Charles Tomlinson (1997). “Selected Poems: 1955-1997”, p.80, New Directions Publishing
Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.
Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”
Hannah Whitall Smith (2011). “God of All Comfort”, p.121, Anamchara Books
Carl Gustav Jung (2012). “Man and His Symbols”, p.105, Dell
1838 Critical and Miscellaneous Essays,'History'.
Susan Mallery (2012). “Falling for Gracie”, p.30, Harlequin
Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1993). “Self-reliance, and Other Essays”, p.28, Courier Corporation
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1849). “Twelve Essays”, p.10
All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1852). “A defence of poetry. Essay on the literature, arts, and manners of the Athenians. Preface to the Banquet of Plato. The banquet”, p.35
Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.488, Macmillan
Neil Gaiman (2007). “Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie”, Vertigo
The acorn of ambition often grows into an oak from which men hang.
H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.7281, Delphi Classics