"Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun." ~ Kahlil Gibran
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have the things about us. ~ Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~ Anais Nin
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Earth laughs in flowers. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I was not looking now at an unusual flower arrangement. I was seeing what Adam had seen on the morning of his creation the miracle, moment by moment, of naked existence. ~ Aldous Huxley
When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason—there’s a reason. ~ Molly Mcgee
Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
Little flower, but if I could understand, what you are, root and all in all, I should know what God and man is. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
And ‘tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. ~ William Wordsworth
Buttercups, bright eyed and bold, hold their chalices of gold to catch the sunshine and the dew. ~ Julia Caroline Dorr