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Growth takes time. Be patient. And while you're waiting, pull a weed. Emilie Barnes
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile;
some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright,
like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. Henry Ward Beecher
Flowers and fruits are always fit presents,--flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly. Wordsworth
To create a little flower is the labour of ages. William Blake
The Amen! of Nature is always a flower. O. W. Holmes
More than anything, I must have flowers, always, always. Claude Monet
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. Thomas Fuller (1732)
How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence. Benjamin Disraeli
The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. George Bernard Shaw
When Wordsworth's heart with pleasure filled at a crowd of golden daffodils,
it's a safe bet he didn't see them two weeks later. Geoff Hamilton
There is enough misery in the world without thinking of Norway maples. Henry Mitchell
Who has learned to garden who did not at the same time learn to be patient? H. L. V. Fletcher
A gardener learns more in the mistakes than in the successes. Barbara Dodge Borland
I am god in nature; I am a weed by the wall. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good gardening and a quiet life seldom go hand in hand. Christopher Lloyd
Dark ages clasp the daisy root. James Joyce
All gardening is landscape painting. Horace Walpole (1780)
I feel really frightened when I sit down to paint a flower. Henry Holman Hunt (1910)
Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. Elizabeth Bowen
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than cherries
and very frankly give them fruit for their song. Joseph Addison
I find the love of gardening grows upon me more and more as I grow older. Maria Edgeworth
Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent. Penelope Hobhouse

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