"Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all"

This quote by John Greenleaf Whittier is a pointer that product wealth and power are short lived, which real worth depends on the effort we took into developing something lasting. He suggests that those who put in the effort to cultivate something, whether it be a field, a flower, or a tree, are more valuable than those who merely have wealth or power. Whittier is motivating us to concentrate on the things that will have a lasting effect, instead of the momentary satisfaction of money and power. He is advising us that the effort we put into something is more important than the rewards we get. By investing our time and energy into something, we can produce something that will outlast us and benefit future generations.