Quotes about Roots
We pray for fruit in our lives, but we don't always want to pray for roots.
- Joyce Meyer
When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are.
- Lee Ann Womack
I'm a Jersey girl, but I went to college in L.A. I can connect with the feeling of wanting to come home.
- Shanice Williams
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nobody chooses where they're born. And, of course, I would know.
- Lady Colin Campbell
It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it's solid so it's something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.
- Michelle Obama
There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.
- Nicole Kidman
A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.
- George H. W. Bush
My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met 'em at the boat.
- Will Rogers