Flowers are meant to be photographed. They make us happy and inspire us. But what about inspirational quotes about flowers?

Inspirational Quotes can be found on Google, Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram or in stores on cards, posters and wooden signs. You may even be looking for one sometimes. They can give you new insights and offer recognition. They comfort, motivate and encourage you. Quotes can offer you a moment of reflection and contemplation. Pretty powerful stuff, right? That is the power of words: they influence you. Even if you are not searching for words, the words will find you.

Many beautiful and inspiring quotes have been created about flowers over the years. We have collected 55 of them and paired the majority of quotes with matching photography. Feel free to share these on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook or anywhere else on the interweb!

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“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.”– John Harrigan — “Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.”– *John Harrigan*

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“Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” - John Lennon — “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” - *John Lennon*

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“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”– Frances Hodgson Burnett

4.

“Take time to smell the roses.”– Proverb

5.

“Love is like wildflowers; it’s often found in the most unlikely places.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson — “Love is like wildflowers; it’s often found in the most unlikely places.”– *Ralph Waldo Emerson*

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“A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and a man cannot live without love.” – Max Muller — “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and a man cannot live without love.” – *Max Muller*

7.

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”– Henri Matisse

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo — “Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – *Victor Hugo*

8.

“What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!”– Roland R. Kemler

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“I’d rather wear flowers in my hair, than diamonds around my neck.”– Unknown — “I’d rather wear flowers in my hair, than diamonds around my neck.”– *Unknown*

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“Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.”– Carole Radziwill — “The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.”– *Carole Radziwill*

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“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.”– Honore de Balzac

13.

“If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.”– Matshona Dhliwayo — “If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.”– *Matshona Dhliwayo*

14.

“A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions — so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.”– Terri Guillemets

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“Flowers don’t tell, they show.” – Stephanie Skeem — “Flowers don’t tell, they show.” – *Stephanie Skeem*

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“Flowers whisper ‘Beauty!’ to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall.”– Dr. SunWolf

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“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank — “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – *Luther Burbank*

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“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”– Walter Hagen

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“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.”– Buddha — “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.”– *Buddha*

20.

“My love for you blossoms every day.”– Unknown

21.

“If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.”– Claudia Adrienne Grandi — “If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.”– *Claudia Adrienne Grandi*

23.

“All the flowers of the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.”– Indian Proverb

24.

“Politeness is the flower of humanity” - Joseph Joubert

25.

“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.”– Stevie Wonder

26.

“The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love – the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.” – Dorothea Dix — “The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love – the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.” – *Dorothea Dix*

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“She sprouted love like flowers, grew a garden in her mind, and even on the darkest days, from her smile the sun still shined.”– Erin Hanson

28.

“Flowers are like friends; they bring color to your world.”– Unknown — “Flowers are like friends; they bring color to your world.”– *Unknown*

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“She is like a wildflower; beautiful, fierce, and free.”– Unknown

30.

“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 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*

31.

“Open the bloom of your heart and become a gift of beauty to the world.”– Bryant McGill

32.

“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson — “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – *Lady Bird Johnson*

33.

“Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

34.

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.”– Zen Shin — “A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.”– *Zen Shin*

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“Minds are like flowers; they open only when the time is right.” – Stephen Richards

36.

“Earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.”– Robert Leighton — “The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.”– *Robert Leighton*

38.

“Every flower must grow through dirt.”– Laurie Jean Sennott — “Every flower must grow through dirt.”– *Laurie Jean Sennott*

39.

“Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.”– Shannon Mullen

40.

“Every flower blooms in its own time.”– Ken Petti — “Every flower blooms in its own time.”– *Ken Petti*

41.

“The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly.” – Ecouchard Le Brun — “The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly.” – *Ecouchard Le Brun*

42.

“Open the bloom of your heart and become a gift of beauty to the world.”– Bryant McGill

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“A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.”– Matshona Dhliwayo

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“Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.”– E.V. — “Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.”– *E.V.*

45.

“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.”– Luther Burbank — “Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.”– *Luther Burbank*

46.

“Politeness is the flower of humanity.” – Joseph Joubert — “Politeness is the flower of humanity.” – *Joseph Joubert*

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“A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms.”– Matshona Dhliwayo

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“A rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.”– Miranda Kerr