Quotes & Sayings About Gardening And Growth

The strongest and most mysterious weeds often have things to teach us. — F.T. McKinstry

I love doing fashion. — Khloe Kardashian

If you wish to make anything grow, you must understand it, and understand it in a very real sense. 'Green fingers' are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart. — Russell Page

All eyes turned to look at us' would be a slipshod way of putting it; eyes don't turn anyway, heads do, but as our little group joined the fringe of the assembly, there was a discernible swivelling of attention in our direction. — A.P.

Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth. — Robert Fortune

I love to cry. It's great. — Ansel Elgort

When I speak of life and love as expanding with age, sex seems the least important thing. At any age we grow by the enlarging of consciousness, by learning a new language, or a new art or craft (gardening?) that implies a new way of looking at the universe. Love is one of the great enlargers of the person because it requires us to "take in" the stranger and to understand him, and to exercise restraint and tolerance as well as imagination to make the relationship work. — May Sarton

8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever. — Anonymous

We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. — Barack Obama

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. — King Solomon

Happiness will never be any greater than the idea we have of it. — Maurice Maeterlinck

Kafka was a realist — Gyorgy Lukacs

Oh, my child, can you not see? You must let go of yourself. For if a seed wishes to live, it must sacrifice itself and grow outward, not inward. — Seth Adam Smith

The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption and pollution. The dirt and scum that has attached itself to our hearts and minds is agitated and revealed by both the workings of a guilty conscience and the devouring avarice of the enemy of our souls.The — John Bunyan

I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends. — Abdallah II Of Jordan

The essence of drama is that man cannot walk away from the consequences of his own deeds. — Harold Hayes

I like how writing can take you off for a jaunt in your head and then set you back down in the chair where you've been all along. — Georgann Low

Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth. — Ron Brackin

As for those who think they don't like to read, well, I know they're making a mistake, just as all of us do when we try to judge ourselves. Now is the time to give reading a chance, for if you don't get the habit when you're young you may never get it. And if you don't get it, you may grow up to be just as dull as most adults are. — Clifton Fadiman

With the level of uncertainty we see today, more people are asking, how can you develop a strategy in a world that keeps changing so fast? They are afraid that a set of rigid principles will hinder their ability to react quickly. I argue that it is precisely at such times that you need a strategy. — Orit Gadiesh