Born to blossom, bloom to perish

All states and nations, however great, bloom for a season and are replaced.

— Norman Davies

“We all bloom to wilt.”

— Scarlet Clearwater

“A flower that refuses to bloom robs the world of its beauty.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

We are not here to get to tomorrow. We are here for today, to bloom today. We were made to Thrive!

— Mark Hall

May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“In the morning when I wake And the sun is coming through, Oh, you fill my lungs with sweetness, And you fill my head…

— The Paper Kites

The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age…

— Juvenal

I'm not going to be the next Colin Farrell or Orlando Bloom.

— Jamie Sives

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

— Mao Zedong

If we cut open the bud of a beautiful rose in order to see how it is 'packed' and what it is going to…

— Ian Gardner

“Hope always blooms.”

— Amy Neftzger

To make room for the parts that aren't you it gets harder to bloom in a garden of Love love love love.

— Sara Bareilles

In the earliest days, make-up and moralising were intertwined. The 'cosmetic slops and washes' of the 17th and 18th centuries aimed to smooth complexions…

— Susie Dent

“What if winters were only there to make flowers bloom and not to see them dying in summer heat?”

— Crestless Wave

No one is born the perfect flower. You have to give yourself time to bloom.

— Anonymous