“When we reject our origins, we become the product of whatever soil that we find ourselves planted; the colors of our leaves change as we consume borrowed nutrients with borrowed roots and, like a tree, we grow.”

Mike Norton

Mike  Norton - “When we reject our origins, we become...” 1

Similar quotes

“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbor's, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.”

Francois Voltaire
Read more

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

David Brower
Read more

“We do not inherit the Earth from our parents. We borrow her from our children.”

Keith David henry
Read more

“Nobody really owns anything. We give back our bodies at the end of our lives. We own our thoughts, but everything else is just borrowed. We use it for a while, then pass it on.Everything.We borrow the sun that shines on us today from the people on the other side of the world while they borrow the moon from us. Then we give it back. We can't keep the sun, no matter how afraid we are of the dark.”

Deborah Ellis
Read more

“We are all the product of our minds and why Gandhi said...Become the change we want to see. Because if we don't change our minds for the better...we will never see the changes in humanity.”

Timothy Pina
Read more