Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character.
It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
The weeds keep multiplying in our garden,
which is our mind ruled by fear.
Rip them out and call them by name.
Sylvia Browne
No life is without difficulties, no garden is without weeds.
Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds,
there is always a space in which the good seed can grow.
You have to trust God.
Pope Francis
Growth takes time. Be patient. And while you’re waiting, pull a weed.
Emilie Barnes
“Elderly people are like plants.
Whereas some go to seed, or to pot,
others blossom in the most wonderful ways.
I believe beauty competitions should be held only
for people over seventy years of age.
When we are young, we have the face and figure God gave us.
We did nothing to earn our good looks.
But as we get older, character becomes etched on our face.
Beautiful old people are works of art.
Like a white candle in a holy place, so it the beauty of an aged face.” James Simpson