Famous Quotes

"A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion."

Liberty Hyde Bailey on Gardening

More quotes about Gardening

• "He plants trees to benefit another generation."

  Caecilius Statius on Gardening

• "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

  Marcus Tullius Cicero on Gardening

• "What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Gardening

• "Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get."

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. on Gardening

• "The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there."

  George Bernard Shaw on Gardening

More quotes by Liberty Hyde Bailey

• "When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself."

• "My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon."

• "The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset."

• "A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them."

• "A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them."