126 Leaf Quotes
Following is our list of leaf quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about maple leaf.
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Famous Leaf Quotes
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree. — Emily Bronte
The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The leaf of every tree brings a message from the unseen world. Look, every falling leaf is a blessing. — Rumi
A single leaf working alone provides no shade. — Chuck Page
Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf. — Toni Morrison
the lesson of the falling leaves the leaves believe such letting go is love such love is faith such faith is grace such grace is god i agree with the leaves — Lucille Clifton
How can a deer tell when a leaf falls silent in the forest? She hears it breathing differently. — Richard Bach
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. — John Burroughs
The good leaves protect the worn-out leaves. — Vietnamese Proverbs
Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. — Tom Flynn
In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves. — Periander
Art is the flower... life the green leaf. — Charles Rennie Mackintosh
April's air stirs in Willow-leaves...a butterfly Floats and balances — Matsuo Basho
Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf. — Socrates
Short Leaf Quotes
- The rattan basket criticizes the palm-leafed bag, yet both are full of holes. — Filipino Proverbs
- Putting the gold leaf on the back of a Buddha statue. — Thai Proverbs
- With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
- My way of life Is fall'n into the sear and yellow leaf. — William Shakespeare
- A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have. — Irish Proverbs
- The rattan basket criticizes the palm leaf basket, still both are full of holes. — Filipino Proverbs
- Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. — Rabindranath Tagore
- Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter. That maketh the leaf and the flower come out. — Bertran de Born
- I turn over a new leaf every day. But the blots show through. — Keith Waterhouse
- The heart of a woman is as capricious as a drop of water on a lotus leaf. — Thai Proverbs
New Leaf Quotes
The spring is fresh and fearless And every leaf is new, The world is brimmed with moonlight, The lilac brimmed with dew. Here in the moving shadows I catch my breath and sing - My heart is fresh and fearless And over-brimmed with spring. — Sara Teasdale
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. — Charles Kettering
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose. — Arnold Bennett
I'll turn over a new leaf. — Miguel de Cervantes
In every change, in every falling leaf there is some pain, some beauty. And that's the way new leaves grow. — Amit Ray
October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. — Hal Borland
I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee. I am no more lonely than the Mill Brook, or a weathercock, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house. — Henry David Thoreau
As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan. — Hamid Karzai
Every new party, every new bunch of people, and I start thinking that maybe this is my chance.That I'm going to be normal this time. A new leaf. A fresh start. But then I find myself at the party, thinking, Oh, yeah. This again. — Carol Rifka Brunt
I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win! That's the new me. — Mark Martin
Maple Leaf Quotes
One day the 'Maple Leaf' will make me King of Ragtime Composers. — Scott Joplin
This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf. — Lester B. Pearson
A withered maple leaf has left its branch and is falling to the ground; its movements resemble those of a butterfly in flight. Isn't it strange? The saddest and deadest of things is yet so like the gayest and most vital of creatures? — Ivan Turgenev
I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting. — Rick Wakeman
That`s a maple leaf, Canadian, not just for being too European but too Canadian. Not so subtly putting [Ted] Cruz`s face inside that maple leaf there. — Chris Hayes
With the fans and the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, the way I've been treated here has been awesome. — Mats Sundin
I'm very proud to be wearing the "C" for the Maple Leafs. It puts a smile on my face everyday — Mats Sundin
If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever. — Pat LaFontaine
I used to go to Maple Leafs games all the time when Nic shot To Die For here in Toronto. This is a great city. I love it here. — Tom Cruise
I have a maple leaf tattoo over my heart, quite literally, and my two favorite things on Earth are being in Canada and making movies. — Jay Baruchel
The Last Leaf Quotes
All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our hands together, palm to palm, settling here on the last leaf of our brief flight, and bow to the wonder of it. — Jens Jensen
The once red leaf, the last of its clan, that dances as often as dance it can. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing. — Gordon B. Hinckley
On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; on plastic clay and leather scroll, man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, and lo! the Press was found at last! — John Greenleaf Whittier
Ah, the pretty whisperers! It was very well When the leaves were thick and green, awhile ago-- Leaves are secret-keepers; but since the last leaf fell There is nothing hidden from the eyes below. — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word. — Richard B. Garnett
The fire in leaf and grass so green it seems each summer the last summer. — Denise Levertov
When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leaf to turn away from the sun -- it loves it there. There's nothing so spiritual about being happy but you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last. — Frank O'Hara
Fall Leaf Quotes
Fall in love so madly that every leaf whispers words of love to your lover. Every raindrop explodes with only one word as it hits the Earth. — Sayings
I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have. — William Shakespeare
Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough. — Sappho
In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls. Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools — Alan Paton
I can pass days Stretch'd in the shade of those old cedar trees, Watching the sunshine like a blessing fall,-- The breeze like music wandering o'er the boughs, Each tree a natural harp,--each different leaf A different note, blent in one vast thanksgiving. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon
A jerk on a motorcycle is equal to a leaf, because I find it beautiful when these things fall. — Demetri Martin
I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numb'd too much for hopes or fears; Look right, look left, I dwell alone; I lift mine eyes, but dimm'd with grief No everlasting hills I see; My life is in the falling leaf: O Jesus, quicken me. — Christina Rossetti
We live in a small world. Not a leaf falls that doesn't affect a myriad of things. When we reach out to someone in love and the effect is made - everyone, everything which comes in contact with the person we've effected is better for it. Of course, the converse is true, too. — Leo Buscaglia
And he that will go to bed sober, Falls with the leaf still in October. — Dario Fo
Most people...are like a falling leaf that drifts and turns in the air, flutters, and falls to the ground. But a few others are like stars which travel one defined path: no wind reaches them, they have within themselves their guide and path. — Hermann Hesse
Turning A New Leaf Quotes
You know I won't turn over a new leaf I am so obstinate, but then I am no less obstinate in being your affectionate Husband. — William Hogarth
Turn over a new leaf. — Edmund Burke
You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose. — Arnold Bennett
For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new man. — Frantz Fanon
You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. — Mignon McLaughlin
I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called 'Starry Room' and then I started turning over a new leaf. — Jaden Smith
Any chance he’s turned a new leaf and taken up sailing for real?” “About as likely as me doing it.” Hadrian eyed Royce for a heartbeat. “I put him at the top of the list. — Michael J. Sullivan
Clover Leaf Quotes
The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers. — Walter Chrysler
If you work, if you wait, you will find the place where the four-leaf clovers grow. — Ella Higginson
If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
If a man who can’t count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky? — Stanislaw Lem
I'm feeling lucky like a four-leaf clover — Jennifer Lopez
The shamrock is a religious symbol. St. Patrick said the leaves represented the trinity: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. That's why four leaf clovers are so lucky, you get a bonus Jesus. — Stephen Colbert
I found it." "People find pennies," Gansey replied. "Or car keys. Or four-leaf clovers." "And ravens," Ronan said. "You're just jealous 'cause" - at this point, he had to stop to regroup his beer-sluggish thoughts - "you didn't find one, too. — Maggie Stiefvater
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. — Anonymous
Believing there's no such thing as luck is very unlucky. Like, the worst. Beyond stealing someone's lucky four-leaf clover. — Caprice Crane
If you meet a cross-eyed person you must plunge into the grass, alongside the chilly ants, fish through the green fingernails and come up with the four-leaf clover. — Anne Sexton
People Writing About Leaf
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Filipino Proverbs |
124 | 1 |
 Thai Proverbs |
71 | 1 |
 Emily Bronte |
136 | 909 |
 Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
475 | 2317 |
 Rumi |
1754 | 29170 |
 Toni Morrison |
372 | 3014 |
More Leaf Quotes
Aurora hail, and all the thousand dies, Which deck thy progress through the vaulted skies: The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays, On ev'ry leaf the gentle zephyr plays; Harmonious lays the feather'd race resume, Dart the bright eye, and shake the painted plume. — Phillis Wheatley
Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. — Nhat Hanh
Love all God's creation, the whole and every grain of sand of it. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Whatever you keep hidden in your heart, God manifests in you outwardly. Whatever the root of the tree feeds on in secret, affects the bough and the leaf. — Rumi
If you take any flower you please and look it over and turn it about and smell it and feel it and try to find out all its little secrets, not of flower only but of leaf, bud and stem as well, you will discover many wonderful things. This is how you make friends with plants, and very good friends you will find them to the end of our lives. — Gertrude Jekyll
One of the best ways to move naturally is by inconveniencing yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel. — Dan Buettner
There are three types of biomimicry - one is copying form and shape, another is copying a process, like photosynthesis in a leaf, and the third is mimicking at an ecosystem's level, like building a nature-inspired city. — Janine Benyus
Do you experience that? Ask yourself, Have I ever experienced the wonders of life? Meditate about it. Meditation helps your spirit bloom like a beautiful flower. The experience can be beautiful and great. Poetry is the language of the soul. So listen. Life is like a dewdrop on a grass leaf. When is slips away, it’s gone forever. — Wim Hof
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. — Martin Luther
It is a time of quiet joy, the sunny morning. When the glittery dew is on the mallow weeds, each leaf holds a jewel which is beautiful if not valuable. This is no time for hurry or for bustle. Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning. — John Steinbeck
If your blood is formed from eating the foods I teach [fruits and green-leaf vegetables] your soul will shout for joy and triumph over all misery of life. For the first time you will feel a vibration of vitality through your body (like a slight electric current) that shakes you delightfully. — Sayings
I’ve heard people compare knowledge of a topic to a tree. If you don’t fully get it, it’s like a tree in your head with no trunk — and without a trunk, when you learn something new about the topic — a new branch or leaf of the tree — there’s nothing for it to hang onto, so it just falls away. By clearing out fog all the way to the bottom, I build a tree trunk in my head, and from then on, all new information can hold on, which makes that topic forever more interesting and productive to learn about. — Tim Urban
Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf. — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
We all see nature's wonders every day, whether it be a plant that moves or a sunset that reaches with pink fingers into a sky of deep blue. The key to true curiosity is pausing to ponder the causes. What makes a sky blue or a sunset pink or a leaf of sleeping grass curl? — Jennifer Doudna
In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike. — Paulo Coelho
Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf. — Susan Coolidge
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit. — Henry David Thoreau
Caught like a leaf in the wind Lookin' for a friend Where can you turn Whisper the words of a prayer and you'll find Him there Arms open wide, love in His eyes Jesus - He meets you where you are Jesus - He heals your secret scars All the love you're looking for is Jesus The friend of a wounded heart — Wayne Watson
Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades. — Boris Pasternak
Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him. — Richard Widmark
This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the ripening country-side, and, with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders. — Sarah Orne Jewett
My life is like a faded leaf, My harvest dwindled to a husk: Truly my life is void and brief And tedious in the barren dusk; My life is like a frozen thing, No bud nor greenness can I see: Yet rise it shall - the sap of Spring; O Jesus, rise in me. — Christina Rossetti
That's death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your hearts, alert your senses, and pay attention. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice all the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. Qualcuno ti ama. Somebody loves you. — Ben Sherwood
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. — Albert Camus
My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light a bunch of koala bears scatter. But I don't want 'em to, you know, I'm like "Hey, hold on, fellas. Let me hold one of you. And feed you a leaf." — Mitch Hedberg
Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths. — Martin Luther
There is an eternal love between the water drop and the leaf. When you look at them, you can see that they both shine out of happiness. — Mehmet Murat Ildan
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