Blossom Quotes: Inspiring Words on Growth and Renewal

"Trust dies but mistrust blossoms"

Sophocles, Author

"Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?"

Helen Hunt Jackson, Writer

"In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"

Anais Nin, Author

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit"

Kahlil Gibran, Poet

"Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn"

Walter Scott, Novelist

"Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so"

Doris Lessing, Writer

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms"

Mark Twain, Author

"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen"

Epictetus, Philosopher

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom"

Marcel Proust, Author

"Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration"

David Herbert Lawrence, Writer

"The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him"

Auguste Rodin, Sculptor

"There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by"

William C. Bryant, Poet

"The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion"

Herman Hesse, Author

"Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people"

Hugh Grant, Actor

"April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees"

E. Y. Harburg, Musician

"The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot"

Liv Tyler, Actress

"You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds"

Steve Forbert, Musician

"When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom"

John Gray, Author

"I love better to count time from spring to spring; it seems to me far more cheerful to reckon the year by blossoms than by blight"

Donald G. Mitchell

"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love"

Max Muller, Educator

"Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land"

Mao Zedong, Leader

"Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust"

James Shirley, Dramatist

"I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too"

Graeme Murphy, Dancer

"I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence"

Theodore Dreiser, Novelist

"People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true"

Mary McAleese, Statesman

"Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun"

Kent Nerburn, Author

"Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms"

Ikkyu Sojun, Poet

"For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom"

Cao Yu, Playwright

"The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom"

Montgomery Clift, Actor

"The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit"

Thomas Malory, Author

"I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree"

James Douglas, Leader

"If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom"

Sydney Madwed, Businessman

"We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven"

Russell M. Nelson, Clergyman