Best Planting Quotations

143 Planting quotes by 119 unique authors

We should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society. — Abraham Lincoln
You're supposed to get tired planting bulbs. But it's an agreeable tiredness. — Gail Godwin
When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with… — Saint Augustine
I do not believe that our relationship to the earth is liable to change for the better until it gets catastrophically worse. Our record indicates… — Joseph Sittler
Death used to be an executioner, but the resurrection of Christ makes him nothing but a gardener. When he tries to bury you, he's really… — George Herbert
Creating your own urban farm is as simple as planting your flowerbeds with edibles. — Greg Peterson
There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is… — Wangari Maathai
We're playing those mind games together, pushing the barriers, planting seeds, playing the mind guerilla. — John Lennon
In the Church, when we talk about 'the world', we often create an us and them situation and end up planting the seeds of all… — Steve Scott
Garden work consists much more in uprooting weeds than in planting seed. This applies also to teaching. — Frank Auerbach
My feeling was, you plant some seeds. If they grow, great; if they don't, you don't take it personally. Not my problem; I just kept… — Hank Haney
Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it's interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older… — Clive Anderson
Fall is not the end of the gardening year; it is the start of next year's growing season. The mulch you lay down will protect… — Thalassa Cruso
Imagine your mind as a garden and thoughts as the seeds you plant. Habitual negative, unhealthy, self-critical thoughts produce the weeds and thistles of depression,… — Sue Thoele
My goodness, everyone is planting grapes, even a neighbor with only five acres. — Doc Severinsen
Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the… — Julie Moir Messervy
Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed,-chased and hunted down as long as fun… — John Muir
I grew up on a farm. We learned that there was a season to plant, a season to water, and season to harvest. The planting… — John Wooden
There was a nobility in poverty when I was growing up. My mom was poor but she was planting roses and she was cleaning the… — Ricky Gervais
Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there. — Dane Cook
My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting… — Brian Eno
I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just… — Penelope Keith
It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. — Wangari Maathai
For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes… — Wangari Maathai
When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet… — Wangari Maathai

Who Wrote These Planting Quotes

119 authors contributed a total of 143 Planting Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Planting Quotations

More Ways to Read Planting Quotes

Who Wrote These Planting Quotes