Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay.
- George Bernard Shaw

Similar Quotes

Let the dead bury their dead. - Matthew 8:22

No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace - in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons. - Croesus of Lydia

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. - Author Unknown

Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay. - George Bernard Shaw

When you dig another out of their troubles, you find a place to bury your own. - Author Unknown

I'm going to be around until the Atomic Energy Commission finds a safe place to bury my liver. - Phil Harris

When I die, bury me on the golf course so my husband will visit. - Author Unknown

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. - William Hazlitt

The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months! - Edward Payson Powell

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. - Mary Jean Iron