While these seven quotations have direct relevance to gardeners and farmers, they also contain universal wisdom that everyone can learn from and enjoy:
[Feel free to share the above images.]
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today.”
– Chinese proverb
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”
– Lady Bird Johnson
“Earth laughs in flowers.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
“We never know the worth of water ’til the well is dry.”
– Thomas Fuller
“As we exhaust [the ores and oil on this Earth], we must be prepared to fall back on our farms… We can learn to synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow.”
– George Washington Carver
For more quotations (including other quotation graphics that can be shared as e-cards), see my compilation at TheGreenSpotlight.com.
This is the fifth installment in my series of posts on Great Quotations. These were the past posts:
- 10 Great Quotations: Wise and Witty Words
- More Great Quotations: Wise Words (Part II)
- Great Quotations: Graphics to Share (Part III)
- Eco-Quotations: Words of the Wise (Part IV)
If you have a favorite quotation, please share it with all of us via the Comments section below!
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