Countless things have been written about the beauty of flowers and what they represent. Some even saw flowers as something people can emulate, particularly in personal growth and success.
Whether you’re seeking to put the beauty of flowers into words or searching out some motivational words, we have 100 flower quotes here for you, arranged in various sections so you can easily find the right quote about flowers for you.
Flower Love Quotes
Flowers represent love and affection in many ways. We give flowers to people we love and honor. Flowers also express feelings that may not be easy to put into words. Different types of flowers and colors symbolize different emotions or messages.
But on a sadder note, some people believe that the fragility of flowers can serve as a reminder of the priceless yet fleeting nature of love. Pick through these love flower quotes to find the right one for you.
Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. – Leigh Bardugo
The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. – William Wordsworth
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
All they were–all they had ever been–was a pair of sunflowers who each believed the other was the sun. –Micah Nemereve
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. – Max Muller
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes. – James Russell Lowell
Life is the flower for which love is the honey. – Victor Hugo
To be as tender as a petal, and let the love smell in the air is the audacious beauty of the heart. –Jayita Bhattacharjee
Naivety; is killing the flowers that used to grow inside of you in order to bloom another in someone else’s heart. – Samiha Totanji
Funny Flower Quotes
While flowers are usually seen as symbols of love or inspiration, they can also be a source of humor. These funny flower quotes below break the expectation that flowers should always be serious or romantic.
I’m very romantic. I’ve emptied flower shops.– Bob Hoskins
One sure way to lose another woman’s friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements. – Marcelene Cox
If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn. – Andrew Mason
If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging. – Alan Bennett
A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet. – Anna Held
Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody. – J.D. Salinger
All the men send you orchids because they’re expensive and they know that you know they are. But I always kind of think they’re cheap, don’t you, just because they’re expensive. Like telling someone how much you paid for something to show off. –Winifred Watson
I hate flowers–I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move. – Georgia O’Keeffe
Lotus Flower Quotes
Lotuses are symbols of spiritual awakening and enlightenment in many Asian cultures. They are known for their ability to grow and flourish in muddy, murky waters, rising above the muck to produce beautiful, pure flowers.
By taking the lotus as a metaphor and applying it to the human spirit, there is a potential for growth and transformation. Browse through these lotus flower quotes for inspiration in your personal development.
The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud. – Buddhist Proverb
If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong. –Masaru Emoto
Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak. Be grateful to the mud, water, air and the light. –Amit Ray
As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world. –Gautama Buddha
Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism. –Amit Kalantri
This world will throw mud at you. It’s your choice to get buried under the mud or bloom like a lotus! – KP Singh
The lotus flower is a reminder of the beauty that comes from change, the magic that a new beginning brings, and the seed of potential that’s buried in the most unlikely places. – Jennifer Williamson
You cannot separate lotus flowers from the mud. It is the same with understanding and love. These are two kinds of flowers that grow on the ground of suffering. – Nhat Hanh
Remain in the world, act in the world, do whatever is needful, and yet remain transcendental, aloof, detached, a lotus flower in the pond. – Osho
Friendship Flower Quotes
There are many acts when it comes to showing appreciation for the bonds of friendship. Giving flowers is one; they can express gratitude, apologize, or brighten a friend’s day. Floral bouquets are gifts that can celebrate special occasions and milestones in a friendship.
As these friendship flower quotes tell us, flower giving can be a meaningful gesture that shows how much one values and thinks of a friend.
A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust. – Matshona Dhliwayo
Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven’t time, and to see takes time–like to have a friend takes time. – Georgia O’Keeffe
Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes. –Clare Ansberry
Friendship here is like a flower that blooms in the desert; it blossoms from the harshest environment to add something special to the lives it touches. –Michael Zboray
Friendship supplied the root–
It was planted years ago–
To bring me flowers and seed
Through the long drought
–May Sarton
I tend the flowers of my mind
Watering our memories as they bloom –Richard L. Ratliff
Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship. –Franz Grillparzer
True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time. –Marie Williams Johnstone
Their friendship was like a wilted bunch of flowers that she insisted on topping up with water. Why not let it die instead? – David Nicholls
Good Morning Flower Quotes
Most people find it hard to get out of bed and start the day. In some cases it’s just because we’re tired and don’t want to get up. In other cases, we may find ourselves anxious about what the day will bring or worrying about things that can go wrong.
But consider that the things you’re worrying about haven’t happened yet, so as long as you’re prepared and ready, they likely won’t happen at all. So start the day off right and manifest a wonderful day for yourself with these good morning flower quotes.
A flower doesn’t love you or hate you, it just exists. – Mike White
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. – Leo Buscaglia
Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful. – Jim Carrey
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind. –Luther Burbank
Spring isn’t in my destiny. But I don’t complain. There are beautiful flowers which bloom even in the dead of winter. – Bhuwan Thapaliya
But why should the daffodils and tulips
Get all the praise and blessings?
My rebirth goes unnoticed–I am worthy
Of smiles and dazzled cries of worship. –Lea Malot
Ideas are like flowers that bloom in our mind’s garden! –Avijeet Das
What the flowers taught me: to live effortlessly. –Marty Rubin
Life is no quest of longevity and days:
Where are the flowers of a hundred years old? – Yoné Noguchi
Rose Flower Quotes
When we think of flowers, roses are typically the first thing that comes to mind. Roses have a rich history and cultural significance in many societies. For example, red roses are associated with love and romance, with their thorns representing the pitfalls of love.
Meanwhile, roses of other colors may be used to express different levels of love or friendship. With this selection of quotes about roses you can see how people perceive roses in different ways.
Love lets me see the roses in life. Reality lets me see that the rose wilted long before my love. – Anthony T. Hincks
Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she’s the one I’ve watered. –Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
All roses fall prey to December.
All intellect falls prey to love’s glory.
Since the rose is not eternal
Why be captured by its scent?
Let me know your secrets–
Only the ones that last forever.
–Rumi
My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns. – Bret Michaels
Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably precious at the heart of their being. No one was shallow. Not really. – Mary Balogh
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness. -Therese of Lisieux
Let aspirations reach as leaves / which feel for sun beyond the clouds, / whatever warmth and radiance / might make your mind more like the rose: –Robert J. Tiess
A rose can say “I love you,” “I miss you,” “Please forgive me,” or “Congratulations” without uttering a single word.’ – Steve Maraboli
She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns. – Sappho
Inspirational Flower Quotes
We all know that flowers are beautiful and inspirational, but how exactly? Flowers are concrete objects but symbolize abstract concepts that give us strength, like hope, willpower, or perseverance.
Likewise, they are inspirational in their symbolism of growth, renewal, and resilience. May these inspirational flower quotes give you all these things to help you on your path.
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi
Every flower withers. What matters is how proudly it stood before the sun.
–Marty Rubin
Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. – The Koran
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. – Rabindranath Tagore
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower. – Alan Kay
Flowers have the greatest talent in converting an ordinary place into a magical palace! – Mehmet Murat Ildan
Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. – Hans Christian Andersen
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you. – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. – D. H. Lawrence
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup. – H.L. Mencken
Some flowers do not belong where they were originally planted. – Giovannie de Sadeleer
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited. – Ramakrishna
Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul. –Luther Burbank
Who’s to say which is stronger? Flowers break concrete just like hammers do. – Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. – Chinese Proverb
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. –Alexander Den Heijer
The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes. – Mark Nepo
Don’t let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden. – Steve Maraboli
When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers. – Sanober Khan
Nature Flower Quotes
In the literal sense, flowers play an essential role in nature by helping ecosystems thrive. They provide food to animals and insects and support the proliferation of plants.
However, in a more metaphorical sense, flowers are important in culture. People have been looking at flowers for inspiration, whether to use them as medicine, food, or as muses in literature or art. These nature flower quotes are a testament to how flowers have been enlivening us for thousands of years.
Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound. – Edwin Curran
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. – Jean Giraudoux
Flowers are not only for lovers. They have so many powers & colours to be discovered. –Indeewara Jayawardane
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. – Auguste Rodin
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. – Abraham Lincoln
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art. – Paul Cezanne
The Amen of nature is always a flower. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
‘Water Lilies’ is an extension of my life. Without the water, the lilies cannot live, as I am without art. –Claude Monet
Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? – Nora Roberts
Short Flower Quotes
Flowers cannot be more different from us, but we can still find a commonality among them. We feel warm inside when we see a tiny flower emerge from a crack in the pavement or a blossom sprouting from the disappearing traces of snow.
When looking for meaningful words about flowers but are pressed for time or have trouble remembering things, here are some short flower quotes that deliver powerful messages in a concise and memorable way.
Lilies bloom when we laugh together. – Suyasha Subedi
Butterflies are self propelled flowers. – R.H. Heinlein
Flowers are love’s truest language. – Park Benjamin
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. –Lady Bird Johnson
Every flower blooms in its own time. – Ken Petti
Flowers grow out of dark moments. – Corita Kent
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. – Albert Camus
A flower blossoms for its own joy. – Oscar Wilde
One person’s weed is another person’s wildflower. – Susan Wittig Albert
Which of the quotes above is your favorite? Do you have your own collection of favorite flower quotes to share? Post them in the comments below!
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