Flower Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

20 Flower quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Stevenson’s adventurous spirit finds calm among petals, and these twenty excerpts showcase his playful yet thoughtful voice. The poems drift between childlike curiosity and seasoned observation.

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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.

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I consider the success of my day based on the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.

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Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

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Sing a song of seasons; something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall.

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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

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Dont judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant

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“It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales;”

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Really don't choose every day from the harvest you experience but from the seeds you plant

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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on…

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“It was one January morning, very early—a pinching, frosty morning—the cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones,…

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Go, little book, and wish to all Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall, A bin of wine, a spice of…

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The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the…

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Flower god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful, Cold-dyed shield in the sky, lover of versicles, Here I wander in April Cold,…

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In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfies See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over And all…

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When loud by landside streamlets gush, And clear in the greenwood quires the thrush, With sun on the meadows And songs in…

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It is the property of things seen for the first time, or for the first time after long, like the flowers in…

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The physician...is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization.

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. --Robert Louis Stevenson

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Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

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Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds,…

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The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart; She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with…

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