Flower Quote by Alain de Botton

“Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration?”

— Marcus Aurelius

“Did I say that the world had never had better color? I left something out of account, a limping, crippled consideration which seems to…

— Saul Bellow

“A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it.…

— Marcus Aurelius

“What is given by nature is not necessarily good, what is achieved by artifice is not necessarily worthless.”

— John Armstrong

“The best kind of praise is intelligent praise.”

— Rachel Heffington

“You cannot be anything other than who you are. Trees don’t stand around comparing heights. Flowers don’t compare colours. There is a great power…

— Stephen Shaw

“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Softer than the flower, where kindness is concerned; stronger than the thunder, where principles are at stake.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or…

— Marcus Aurelius

“…praise does not make anything better or worse.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“full bloom, the pastures turning an impossible emerald green, she”

— Rita Mae Brown