Quotes from Patience Strong

In a garden you can find, quiet thoughts that calm the mind.

Life is like a field, where we must gather what we grow, weed or wheat... this is the law, we reap the crop we sow.

Few would dispute with the rose her claim to be the queen of flowers, for where is her equal to be found? Is she not God's masterpiece?

in February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.

gardening is something more than a pastime; it is a religion.

....the ancient ritual of the earth; ploughing and planting, reaping and threshing. The fundamental business remains unaltered; it is only the methods and tools that science is changing.

Winter sunshine is a fairy wand touching everything with a strange magic. It is like the smile of a friend in time of sorrow.

Success and failure, triumph and disaster. That is the rhythm of life in the garden.

Every noble achievement is a dream before it is a reality just as the oak is an acorn before it is a tree.