A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. - George Santayana
She left, never to return. I planted a tree and a seed each time I thought of her. I grew a small forest and a large garden and had no one to give the orchids to. - Darnell Lamont Walker
Throughout the house one could detect the good sense and care of a woman whose feet were planted firmly on the ground. - Gabriel García Márquez
A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Lets toil under the sun to build poles of love. And let our roots be planted like strong trees that strong winds can't move. - Auliq Ice
...Bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters. Give ye a sweet odor as frankincense. Send forth flowers, as the lily...and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works." —Ecclesiasticus 39:17-19 - Douai-Rheims Bible
Then the Lord said: "If you had the faith the size of a mustard grain, you would say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea!' and it would obey you. Luke 17:6 - New World Translation of the World Scriptures
I have had my dream—like others—And it has come to nothing, so thatI remain now carelesslyWith feet planted on the ground,And look up at the sky—Feeling my clothes about me,The weight of my body in my shoes,The rim of my hat, air passing in and outAt my nose—and decide to dream no more. - William Carlos Williams
CodaPerhaps to love is to learnto walk through this world.To learn to be silentlike the oak and the linden of the fable.To learn to see.Your glance scattered seeds.It planted a tree. I talkbecause you shake its leaves. - Octavio Paz
It is not in our forming battlements or bristling seacoasts, or our Army and Navy that makes America great - but rather our reliance in the law of liberty and the religious law God has planted in us. - Abraham Lincoln
If I left any good or planted any flowers among thorns, the credit goes to God and my many substantial friends. - Reverend Ada Caston Slaton Bonds
A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain. - William Shakespeare
Love is like a plant...; some are planted, while other are germinated...! - Sudeep Prakash Sdk
Love is a strong seed, planted in my soul of kindness to grow the plants compassion and flowers of happiness. - Debasish Mridha
Lies can't grow. Once plucked they can only wither. But every truth, once planted, grows into a tall, noble tree. - Stefan Emunds
notwithstanding how good a seed my be, it's proper germination,growth and fruit bearing may be mutilated if not planted in a good soil - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
No one has ever died of restlessness, but rashness is another matter. We've planted seeds, let them grow. - George R.R. Martin
One more soldier of the Cross has taken up his crown; one more beloved member of our church has gone to the great assembly above; one more Christian has triumphed in the living Faith; one more flower is planted and harvested in the garden of God's Kingdom. - Reverend Ada Slaton Bonds, Cumberland Presbyterian
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. - Bible
She said she wanted to see beautiful things. I took her to where i planted my seeds. - Darnell Lamont Walker
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Be so true to that active seed planted inside you that, in living out its growth, you can be surprised by nothing unknown to come. - Hermann Hesse
The Leader who grows his team not just in numbers but by nurturing the roots of their success,has planted a field of dreams - Bluenscottish
One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves. - John Mark Green
The most important legacy you will ever leave is your vision planted in the minds of your disciples and a passion as strong as a storm in their hearts. - Shannon L. Alder
Though people are laughing at the dirt surrounding you, they are missing to see the seeds also planted, growing silently within. - Anthony Liccione
The human mind is like a fertile ground were seed are continually being planted. The seeds are opinions, ideas, and concepts. You plant a seed, a thought grows, and it grows. The word is like a seed and the human mind is so fertile! - Miguel Ruiz
Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat. - Michael Oakeshott
Even amongst fierce flames/ The golden lotus can be planted. - Bhagavid-Gita
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past. - Bodhidharma
I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when that desire is crushed by tyranny for decades, it will rise again. - George W. Bush
The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice. - Kirby Larson
Two seeds destined to grow in concert, planted together in the field of love.’ She took in a lungful of air and continued. ‘The sky cast wet buckets of dreams and desires, the roots took shape, and the leaves tangled as one. - Christina Lee
The principles now planted in thy bosom will grow, and one day reach maturity; and in that maturity thou wilt find thy heaven or thy hell. - David Thomas
I was lost in the moments I decided to keep. To be awake in a dreamless sleep. And in that place between dream and sleep, I planted some more things I would like to keep. - Hubert Martin
If you feel that you have boy feet planted on the ground, then the university has failed you. - Robert Goheen
As a man thinketh so is he? The faith of a mustard seed? I planted these words in my thoughts, and still, mind wound up lost, between my dreams and reality. - N'Zuri Za Austin
You benefit at a different time, from when you planted seeds for success. Learn patience. But be persistent. It’s important for success. Use perseverance and dedicate yourself to your top goals. - Mark F. LaMoure
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. - Woodrow Wilson
Regarding war and peace—the seeds of each are planted in the other. - Clifford Cohen
Regarding war and peace—the seed of each is planted in the other. - Clifford Cohen
In the heart of every apple is an entire orchard waiting only to be planted. - Thorstan Osborne