The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Poet
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
—D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Critic
From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
—Unknown
The poet’s darling.
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Poet
Stars of earth, these golden flowers; emblems of our own great resurrection; emblems of the bright and better land.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.
—Lydia Maria Child (1802–80) American Abolitionist, Writer
A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
What a pity flowers can utter no sound?—A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle,—oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
I hate flowers—I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move.
—Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) American Painter
Roses fall, but the thorns remain.
—Dutch Proverb
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
—Matsuo Basho (1644–94) Japanese Poet
Flowers leave their fragrance on the hand that bestows them.
—Chinese Proverb
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
—Chinese Proverb
Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
—Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Poet
To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Poet
I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940) Lithuanian-American Anarchist, Feminist
Full many a gem of purest ray serene the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air.
—Thomas Gray (1716–71) British Poet, Scholar
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
—Buddhist Teaching
You like buttercups, dewy sweet,
And crocuses, framed in snow;
I like roses, born of the heat,
And the red carnation’s glow.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.
—Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German Poet, Writer
Flowers are God’s way of smiling.
—Common Proverb
All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of yesterday.
—Common Proverb
God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist
A weed is but an unloved flower.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian Psychiatrist, Psychoanalytic
From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
—Zen Proverb Japanese School of Mahayana Buddhism
Where flowers bloom so does hope.
—Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007) First Lady of the United States, Conservationist
To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt fully to understand.
—Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–71) American Author, Critic
When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.
—Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) American Painter
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