Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most,...

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most,...

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines...

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines...

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should...

Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...