What weeds and problems have in common

A weed is not more than a flower in disguise
James Lowell

Quotes about Flowers on a Cloudy Day

Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.
Chinese proverb

Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.
Gerard De Nerval

Flowers grow out of dark moments.
Corita Kent

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Quotes about a Flower's Feelings, Madness and More

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.
Heinrich Heine

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
Iris Murdoch

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
 Chinese Proverb

This very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow's happiness grow.”
Margaret Lindsey

“See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.”
Mother Teresa of Calcutta 

The Amen of nature is always a flower.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

What thoughts spring to mind when you think of your favorite flower?? The first thing that I thought of are all of those gorgeous little Indian Paintbrushes that grew on my grandmother's property when I was a kid! I don't know if I liked the name of the flower or the tiny blossoms themselves! Now it's your turn... what flower do you remember from your childhood?








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