It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.
—Unknown
If you cross a rambling rose with a pansy, you get a rose that still rambles, but it also skips!
—Indian Proverb
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
In the Garden, my soul is sunshine.
—Indian Proverb
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din) (c.1213–91) Persian Poet
As the Garden Grows, so does the Gardener.
—Unknown
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.
—May Sarton (1912–95) American Children’s Books Writer, Poet, Novelist
In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
—Kin Hubbard (1868–1930) American Cartoonist, Humorist
So many seeds—so little time.
—Unknown
Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
No garden is without its weeds.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Flowers leave their fragrance on the hand that bestows them.
—Chinese Proverb
Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.
—A. Whitney Brown (b.1952) American Comedian, TV Personality
Plant carrots in January and you’ll never have to eat carrots.
—Indian Proverb
The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before.
—Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962) English Writer, Gardener
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
—Willa Cather (1873–1947) American Novelist, Writer
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922) French Novelist
It is not enough for a gardener to love flowers; he must also hate weeds.
—Anonymous
Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.
—The Holy Quran Sacred Scripture of Islam
April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) American Poet, Playwright, Feminist
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
—George Washington Carver (1864–1943) American Scientist, Botanist, Educator, Inventor
All gardeners know better than other gardeners.
—Chinese Proverb
A weed is only a misplaced plant.
—Unknown
Friends are flowers in life’s garden.
—Indian Proverb
All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.
—Helen Hayes (1900–93) American Actress, Philanthropist
The garden is a mirror of the heart.
—Indian Proverb
A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din) (c.1213–91) Persian Poet
It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn’t a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing.
—Eleanor Perenyi (1918–2009) American Gardener, Author
Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.
—William Cowper (1731–1800) English Anglican Poet, Hymn writer
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