Alive Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

I think in a way that's part of getting older, appreciating the simple pleasures of being in the garden.

— Zoe Ball

There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well-regulated life.

— Charles Francis Richter

Very old people are the real victors of this world! And the bitterish beauty in their faces is the most valuable beauty of the…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Working in the garden gives me something beyond the enjoyment of the senses. It gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.

— Ruth Stout

I'm happier in a garden.

— Billy Squier

All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.

— Anonymous

“They say you only really appreciate a garden once you reach a certain age, and I suppose there is a truth in that. It’s…

— Jojo Moyes

It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it…

— Dalai Lama

I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love…

— Emile Zola

It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm.

— Yehudi Menuhin

Happiness is the twinkle in your grandmother's eye as you reverse the tractor off her legs.

— Hugh Laurie

For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness…

— Delphine de Girardin