Flowers are a true joy to behold. We have never met a person who didn’t enjoy flowers at least a little bit. They can be bright and bold, or subtle. They can give an elegant vibe to your kitchen table or your house and often leave us with a smile. As we all know, flowers are great gifts for the special people in our lives. When you give flowers to someone, sometimes their reaction alone from receiving the gift is priceless and gives the gift giver tremendous pleasure too.
We have assembled some of our favorite quotes that highlight the beauty of flowers. Instead of picking flowers right this minute, you can look over these quotes to remind you of the joys of flowers. We have a hunch by the time you get to the end of this post, you might want to order a nice floral bouquet for someone special in your life. Flowers are great for holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, and of course Valentine’s Day.
Enjoy these flower quotes and pick the ones that stand out and resonate with you the most.
Flower Quotes
- “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon
“A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” – Max - “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.” – Buddha
- “Minds are like flowers; they open only when the time is right.” – Stephen Richards
- “Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “A rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.” – Miranda Kerr
- “Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- “The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love – the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.” – Dorothea Dix
- “The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.” – Honore de Balzac
- “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” – Luther Burbank
- “A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions — so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.” – Terri Guillemets
- “Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” – Gerard De Nerval
- “Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan
- “Politeness is the flower of humanity.” – Joseph Joubert
- “Flowers are like friends; They bring color to your world.” – Unknown
- “Earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Flowers don’t tell, they show.” – Stephanie Skeem
- “Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound.” – Edwin Curran
- “The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly.” – Ecouchard Le Brun
- “Take time to smell the roses.” – Proverb
- “What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!” – Roland R. Kemler
- “If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.” – Therese of Lisieux
- “Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.” – Jim Carrey
“The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.” – Robert Leighton - “Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo
- “If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.” – Claudia Adrienne Grandi
- “Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.” – Helen Keller
- “Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson
- “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank
- “A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin
- “The Japanese say, if the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.” – Lester Cole
- “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn
- “Every flower must grow through dirt.” – Laurie Jean Sennott
- “Every flower blooms in its own time.” – Ken Petti
- “The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.” – Robert Leighton
- “Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.” – E.V.
- “Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.” – Luther Burbank
- “Don’t let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Open the bloom of your heart and become a gift of beauty to the world.” – Bryant McGill
- “Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.” – Jim Carrey
- “Don’t let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Open the bloom of your heart and become a gift of beauty to the world.” – Bryant McGill
- “Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.” – Jim Carrey
- “Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.” – Shannon Mullen
- “A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
- “A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it justs blooms.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
- “If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
- “Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan
Are you thinking of ordering flowers now?
We hope you had experienced joy reading these quotes about flowers. If you are thinking of a loved one, now is a great time to order some flowers and let them know. Do they love roses? Or Tulips? Or a mixed flower bouquet?
vWhatever it is, you can figure out a plan to surprise them. They will appreciate the thought and it will help enhance your life. And you can use one of the quotes above on the note to make your gift even more romantic!
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