Famous quotes containing the words wood and/or ties:
“If the axe is not sharp, it doesn’t matter how hard the wood is.”
—Chinese proverb.
“This is a pain I mostly hide,
but ties of blood, or seed endure,
and even now I feel inside
the hunger for his outstretched hand,
a man’s embrace to take me in,
the need for just a word of praise.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)