“Even the mightiest oak can be felled by a whisper of a wind if it comes on the heels of a powerful enough storm.”
“He’s stronger than this. He’s always been stronger… (Vane)Even the mightiest oak can be felled by a whisper of a wind if it comes on the heels of a powerful enough storm. (Carson)”
“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
“A mighty oak can be felled by even the tiniest of insects when one allows them to continually gnaw at it. (Callie's Mother)”
“Just as the mightiest oak topples without its roots, so will a man without knowledge of his people come crashing to earth, dreamless and unfulfilled. We can not hope to understand ourselves until we know someting of those who have come before us.”
“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”