Some Beautiful Quotes About Flowers

Can you really put into words how beautiful flowers are and do them justice? We doubt it.
But some have certainly tried! See our favorite proverbs and quotes below.



"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." 

~ Mark Twain


"A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world, it just blooms."

~ Matshona Dhliwayo


"Flowers are the music of the ground from earth's lips spoken without sound." 

~ Edwin Curran


"It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important."

~ Edwin Curran


"Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them."

~ Unknown, Old Chinese Proverb


"All the flowers of the future are in seeds of today."

~ Unknown, Old Chinese Proverb


"Every rose is prey to winter."

~ Rumi