Soil Quotes

Everywhere the fatal spirit of imitation, of reference to European standards, penetrates and threatens to blight whatever of original growth might adorn the soil.

Like begets like. We gather perfect fruit from perfect trees... . Abused soil brings forth stunted growths.

I very much consider the Internet a garden, and I'm a gardener, and I plant things in it and I work within the framework of the soil, the seasons, the climate, and the temperature, to produce plants.

I'm all soils west when the Earth lets go. I'm a thousand Julys.

You have stirred the soil with your plow, my friend. It will never be the same again.

For mine is the old belief... There is a soil in every leaf.

Gratitude. More aware of what you have than what you don't. Recognizing the treasure in the simple - a child's hug, fertile soil, a golden sunset. Relishing in the comfort of the common.

To be angry is very good. It burns out things and leaves nutrients in the soil. You should always be ready to be angry at injustice and cruelty.

Walk ten meters, you will find the lust; walk thousand miles, you may find the love! Soil is everywhere; but gold is somewhere!

Flowers represent hope for us; but we do not represent hope for them! Let us keep the flowers in the soil; no plucking!

I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.

Wanna play a joke on your chiropractor? The next time he starts working on you, go limp and soil yourself.

When graves are covered with stones, the dead can no longer get out. But the dead can't go out anyway! What difference does it make whether they're covered with soil or stones?

I have no sentiments for nationality or for soil. But I grew up in Israel, so those things are in my blood, and I want to be part of Israeli culture.

For more and more of us, home has less to do with a piece of soil than a piece of soul.

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil.

Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.

Human beings cannot endure the geological chaos they encounter under the soil of their own gardens.

Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.

The ashes of your existence will fertilize the soil for the universe to follow.

What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an openness about the meanings we give it.

[Donald] Trump, whether he designed it or not, happens to be the first thing in the news on UK soil the day after the Brexit vote.

We wish Pakistan both stability and security; we expect them to understand our legitimate concerns of preventing people from using its soil to inflict problem in India.

A digging fork is a stout, short-handled tool with four flat tines about a foot long.... for weeding I use it delicately to nudge the soil loose from roots without breaking them.

Truffles must come to the table in their own stock and as you break open this jewel sprung from a poverty-stricken soil, imagine - if you have never visited it - the desolate kingdom where it rules.

There is always something rough and tumble about planting - because with our clumsy implements we must reach from our atmospheric element down into another, down into the darkness of the soil.

The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.

Long live the weeds that overwhelm My narrow vegetable realm! The bitter rock, the barren soil That force the son of man to toil; All things unholy, marred by curse, The ugly of the universe.

You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.

In the soil of the quick fix is the seed of a new problem, because our quiet wisdom is unavailable.

It's impossible to contemplate the life of soil very long without seeing its analogy to the life of the spirit.

The damages of our present agriculture all come from the determination to use the life of the soil as if it were an extractable resource like coal.

John Synge, I and Augusta Gregory, thought All that we did, all that we said or sang Must come from contact with the soil, from that Contact everything Antaeus-like grew strong.

Ah, never shall the land forget How gush'd the life-blood of the brave, Gush'd warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save!

I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.

We spend our lives hurrying away from the real, as though it were deadly to us. It must be somewhere up there on the horizon, we think. And all the time it is in the soil, right beneath our feet.

What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children!

Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds.

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.

There are many good seeds in you. Therefore you must avoid every bad soil in the world.

Negative people talk and your dreams begin to wither off. But they begin to sprout in the fragrance of hope when they find a new soil! Change your environment!

Whatever happens when the seed meets the soil, the same thing happens when you meet the wisdom!

I kiss the soil as if it is the last time I will recognize the beauty she has given the trees.

Wind and breeze are separated todayCrimson twilight denies to fade away Grass blades turn brown to match the soilWe pretend to smile at every turmoil

It is impossible to have a healthy and sound society without a proper respect for the soil.

Two things I ask of my God today. That my faith be hoisted high like a kite up in the sky and my fear be buried deeply like a carcass into the soil.

Today’s ashes are tomorrow’s soil.

We can all produce good fruits with fertile soil.

Don't be discouraged when your life boils hot. With just a little more toil, you'll reap from the soil. More oil to your elbows. Stay awake and make it happen!