Rose Pruning Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush. — Florence Littauer

Editing is like pruning the rose bush you thought was so perfect and beautiful until it overgrew the garden. — Larry Enright

I have a strong antipathy to everything connected with gardens, gardening and gardeners ... Gardening seems to me a kind of admission of defeat ... Man was made for better things than pruning his rose trees. The state of mind of the confirmed gardener seems to me as reprehensible as that of the confirmed alcoholic. Both have capitulated to the world. Both have become lotus eaters and drifters. — Colin Wilson

Pruning is strategic. It is directional and forward-looking. It is intentional toward a vision, desires, and objectives that have been clearly defined and are measurable. If you have that, you know what a rose is, and pruning will help you get one of true beauty. — Henry Cloud