Gardening Quotes · Page 60

“Come, see real flowers of this painful world. —BASHŌ.”

— Margaret Atwood

There is no planet B. We have to take care of the one we have

— Richard Branson

It must be this rhapsody or none, The rhapsody of things as they are.

— Wallace Stevens

He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.

— Dag Hammarskjold

A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.

— Beth Ditto

O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.

— John Milton

The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.

— Charles Dudley Warner

Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.

— William Wilberforce

What we had bloom like a flower in the spring, but just like a flower it died when things got cold.

— Samm

What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.

— Carolyn Kizer

“Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.”

— Victor Hugo

“It is the littlest of flowers that fly the farthest . . . That have the courage to fly the farthest.”

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

My mom and dad both would grow vegetables. So, when I delivered my baby, we went there, and she would cook a…

— Doutzen Kroes

Daisies in water are the longest lasting flower you can give to someone. Fact. Buy daisies. Not roses.

— Anne Sexton

It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.

— W. C. Sellar

Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.

— Thalassa Cruso

It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the…

— Jane Goodall

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the…

— Auguste Rodin

“It represented how Mother had lived: reach for the heavens, be firm, be unique, and don’t be swayed by other people’s ideas.…

— Mariko Tatsumoto

People give flowers as present because flowers contain true meaning of love. Anyone who tries to posses a flower will have to…

— Paulo Coelho

Time that weakens all things else has but strengthened the impregnable position of the believer's faith and hope and confidence. And as,…

— Thomas Guthrie

How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a…

— Clyde Tombaugh

The thing that was forfeited in the garden was regained. God gave him [Adam] dominion over the works of His hand. God…

— John G. Lake

“At the end of each day, Elizabeth read to me. She had shelves and shelves of children's classics, dusty hardcovers with stamped…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Plants are like people: they're all different and a little bit strange.

— John Kehoe

“Who should be like thorns? The one who grows flowers amidst predators!”

— SIYA SEJAL

Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden.

— Robert Breault

Roses are red violets are blue those flowers are for me not for you...

— Gothsynyster

“when you live among the flowers, you don't think about the mud.”

— Philippe Claudel

Everyone knows on this planet I'm obsessed with Beyonce.

— Alana Haim

“A gardener tending to his flowers is as noble as a warrior battling his opponents.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Go out by yourself, face the wind, hold up your head and thank God for this gardening year.

— Richardson Wright

Even if I was the only keeper left on the planet, I would still be trying to get better.

— Joe Hart

“A flower should smell sweet, and a woman should have wit.”

— Victor Hugo

“society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never see’.”

— James Kerr

“For fun and for life, through life's changes, look to be inspired, to stay gardening.”

— Chris Eirschele

No one can rightly call his garden his own unless he himself made it.

— Alfred Austin

“Gardens are made of darkness and light entwined.”

— F.T. McKinstry

“If you strip away my flowery language, you’ll figure out I’m really talking about bees.”

— Jarod Kintz