"For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks."
Read quote
37 likes
Rocks quotes
Rocks
3.8K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Rocks
Browse quotes that often appear alongside rocks — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Rocks quotes (page 5 of 192)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world."
Read quote
36 likes
"But no temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life...as if into this one mountain mansion Nature had gathered her choicest treasures."
Read quote
36 likes
"I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode."
Read quote
36 likes
"I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning And throw thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. just last week, I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick."
Read quote
36 likes
"No it is not easy to write. It is as hard as breaking rocks. Sparks and splinters fly like shattered steel."
Read quote
35 likes
"Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for your life. What is your life? What is all life? What is every flower, every rock, every tree? Energy. And you're responsible for the energy you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others."
Read quote
35 likes
"The strongest climbers aren’t always the happiest or nicest to be around; neither are some of them coming from the purest motivation. Climbing another V17 is not going to save the world! This activity of 'rock climbing' is merely one of many ways to exist, pass the time, and evolve and grow from one moment to the next. That’s all."
Read quote
34 likes
"Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers."
Read quote
34 likes
"People told me I can't dress like a fairy. I say, I'm in a rock band and I cand do whatever the hell I want!"
Read quote
34 likes
"When you hear the music ringin' in your soul And you feel it in your heart and it grows and grows And it comes from the backstreet rock & roll and the healing has begun..."
Read quote
34 likes
"In matters of principle, stand like a rock."
Read quote
34 likes
"Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul."
Read quote
34 likes
"Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'"
Read quote
33 likes
"Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward."
Read quote
33 likes
"What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on."
Read quote
33 likes
"The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness."
Read quote
32 likes
"America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety."
Read quote
32 likes
"In your hands The dog, the donkey, surely they know They are alive. Who would argue otherwise? But now, after years of consideration, I am getting beyond that. What about the sunflowers? What about The tulips, and the pines? Listen, all you have to do is start and There’ll be no stopping. What about mountains? What about water Slipping over rocks? And speaking of stones, what about The little ones you can Hold in your hands, their heartbeats So secret, so hidden it may take years Before, finally, you hear them?"
Read quote
32 likes
"The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks."
Read quote
31 likes