Quotes of Gertrude Jekyll

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In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.

- Gertrude Jekyll

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“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Often, we fabricate the people we love to make loving them more palatable; the fictionalized version of them reduces the awareness of truth. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ”

- Cleveland Amory

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment ”

- Norman Vincent Peale

“ Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. ”

- Evanescence

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ What if it becomes less about how we look and more about how much we care? What if it becomes less about how much money we earn and more about how much we share our good fortune? Imagine a world where who we are in our hearts is the ultimate status symbol. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

“ The road to success is always under construction. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Looks like to me we all begin and end in the same place. Perhaps we could love each other a little bit more along the way. ”

- Clyde Lee Dennis

“ If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. ”

- Unknown

“ One chooses who they decide to love but never determines who will love them back. The woman’s first two considerations are respect and financial security which centers on the core of personality traits; a man reveres persona of physical and sexuality; these two impostors have little relevance of character. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ”

- Unknown

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling smallminded people. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ My poetry has been engraved with your name And my heart is by your memory scarred ”

- Zubair Ahsan

“ Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali