Great oaks from little acorns grow

1. Great things or people often have humble origins.

Example Sentences

Did not somebody once say, “Great oaks from little acorns grow—great aches from little toe-corns grow”?

From Project Gutenberg

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

From The Guardian

Great oaks from little acorns grow, but great novels seldom grow from small potatoes.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Great oaks from little acorns grow," you know.

From Project Gutenberg

The old saw has it, "Great oaks from little acorns grow," and all of us who remember the saying have thus some idea of what the beginning of an oak is.

From Project Gutenberg