7 quotes found
U.S. botanist · 1858–1954
U.S. botanist (1858–1954)
“When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.”
“The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.”
“There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.”
“A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.”
“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.”
“We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather...”
“My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privi...”
