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Give me odorous at sunrise

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where i can walk undisturbed. - Walt Whitman

One touch of nature

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. - William Shakespeare

And this our life

And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. - William Shakespeare

Nothing is more completely

Nothing is more completely the child of Art than a garden. - Sir Walter Scott

We do not see nature

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understanding and our hearts. - William Hazlitt

We make a living by

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill

This country will not be

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live. - Theodore Roosevelt

We never know the

We never know the worth of water 'till the well is dry. - Thomas Fuller

Miss no single opportunity

Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. - Therese de Lisieux

The work an unkown good

The work an unkown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. - Thomas Carlyle

If we always helped

If we always helped one another, no one would need luck. - Sophocles

No joy can equal the joy

No joy can equal the joy of serving others. - Sai Baba

What lies behind us

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Earth laughs in

Earth laughs in flowers. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The butterlfy counts not

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. - Rabindranath Tagore

We rise by lifting

We rise by lifting others. - Robert Ingersoll

Those who contemplate

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strenght that will endure as long as life lasts. - Rachel Carson

A good decision is

A good desicion is based on knowledge and not on numbers. - Plato

Green is the prime color

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. - Pedro Calderon Barca

I alone cannot change

I alone cannot change the wolrd, but i can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. - Mother Teresa

He who lives

He who lives not to others, lives little to himself. - Montaigne

We must learn to live

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. - Martin Luther King Jr

Faith, Family, Farming, Friends

Faith, Family, Farming, Friends. - Marla Rae

Be a rainbow

Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. - Maya Angelou

One of the first conditions

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. - Leo Tolstoy

Where flowers bloom

Where flowers boom, so does hope. - Lady Bird Johnson

Love planted a rose

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet. - Katharine Lee Bates

The wilderness and the idea

The wilderness and the idea of wilderness in one of the permanent homes of the human spirit. - Joseph Wood Krutch

When we tug at a single

When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world. - John Muir

In every walk with nature

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir

The clearest way

The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness. - John Muir

The poetry of

The poetry of the earth is never dead. - John Keats

It was in the forest

It was in the forest that i found "Peace that passath understanding". _ Jane Goodall

Like music and art

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. - Jimmy Carter

I go to nature

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. - John Burroughs

To sit in the shade

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. - Jane Austin

What nature delivers

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. - Isaac Bashevis Singer

We only have

We only have what we give. - Isabel Allende

Doing nothing for others

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. - Horace Mann

We cannot live only for

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow man. - Herman Melville

Alone we can do

Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. - Helen Keller

I am one person

I am one person, and i cannot do everything, does not mean that i will refuse to do that which i can. - Helen Keller

Coming together is a

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is a process; working together is a success. - Henry Ford

The economy is a

The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the enviroment - not the reverse. - Herman E. Daly

The things that matter

The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least. - Goethe

The earth provides

The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. - Mahatma Ghandi

To forget how to dig

To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to foget ourselves. - Mahatma Ghandi

I believe in

I believe in God. Only i spell it in Nature. - Frank Lloyd Wright

Study nature

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. - Frank Lloyd Wright

Ancient lovers believed

Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath. - Eve Glicksman

Destroying rain forest

Destroying rain forest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. - Edward O. Wilson

There are two ways

There are two ways of spreading light - To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. - Edith Wharton

When tillage begins

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. - Daniel Webster

We have known the long

We have known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community. - Dorothy Day

I know most people want others to have good lives

I know most people want others to have good lives, when they understand the situation, they will do what they can to steer the world back towards kindness. - Daoud Hari

This we know

"This we know. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth the sons of earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it". - Chief Sealth

Let the gentle bush dig

Let the gentle bush dig its roots deep and spread upward to split one boulder. - Carl Sandburg

Anything else you're interested in

Anything else you're interested in is not going to happen if you can't breathe the air and drink the water. Dont sit this one out. Do something. - Carl Sagan

He who wishes to secure

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own. - Confucius

My garden is

My garden is my most beautiful master piece. - Claude Monet

We have been born

We have been born to associate with our fellow man, and to join in community with the human race. - Cicero

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do. - Charles Dudley...

No one is useless

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another. - Charles Dickens

If you light a lamp

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten you path. - Buddha

Those who are happiest

Those who are happiest are those who do most for others. - Booker T. Washington

To plant a garden

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. - Audrey Hepburn

In giving you are throwing

In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude. - Antoine De Saint Exupery

How wonderful it is that

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single day before starting to improve the world - Anne Frank

Land really is the best art

Land really is the best art - Andy Warhol

We who are gathered here

We who are gathered here may represent a particular elite, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake - Ansel Adams

Learn from the birds

Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; learn from the beast the physics of the field; the art of building the bee receive; learn of the mole to plow; the worm to weave. - Alexander Pope

We have to bring children

We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture. - Alice Waters

Only a life lived for others

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. - Albert Einstein

Our task must be to free

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. -Albert Einstein

Look deep into nature

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. - Albert Einstein

In union there is strength

In union there is strength. - Aesop

No act of kindness

No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted. - Aesop

On this shrunken globe

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. - Adlai Stevenson

He has a right to criticize

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. - Abraham Lincoln

Nature does not hurry

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao Tzu

Wild Beasts and Birds...

Wild beasts and birds are not by right the property of merely the people who are alive today but the property of unknown generations whose belongings we have no right to squander. -Theodore Roosevelt

A Civilization Flourishes...

A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under whose shade they will never sit. -Greek Saying

In the Long History of Mankind...

In the long history of mankind, those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. - Charles Darwin

Eating is an Agricultural Act.

Eating is an agricultural act. -Wendell Berry - Cultivate. Celebrate. Connect. http://www.northbaybountiful.org

A Child on a Farm...

A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmouse and dreams of home. - Carl Burns - Cultivate. Celebrate. Connect. http://www.northb...

To Make a Man Happy...

To make a man happy, fill his hands with work, his heart with affection, his mind with purpose, his memory with useful knowledge, his future with hope, and his stomach with food. - Frederick E. Crane...

A House is Not a Home...

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. - Margaret Fuller - Cultivate. Celebrate. Connect. http://www.northbaybountiful.org

Flowers Always Make People Better...

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul. - Luther Burbank - Cultivate. Celebrate. Connect. http://www.northbaybountiful.org

A Man is Rich in Proportion...

A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to let alone. - Henry David Thoreau - Cultivate. Celebrate. Connect. http://www.northbaybountiful.org

If We Cannot Meet Our Everyday...

If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is on the road toward misfortune, misery and destruction. - Luther Bu...

Let Us Never Forget...

Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. - Dani...

We Like That a Sentence...

We like that a sentence should read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end. - Henry David Thoreau - Cultivate. Celebrate. Conne...

Whoever Could Make Two Ears of Corn...

Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve more of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than...

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