"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon--instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."

Carnegie, Dale · Tragedies · 5 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/39417/">One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon--instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1327/">Carnegie, Dale</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/tragedies/">Tragedies</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is."

Lacroix, Christian · Elegance · 5 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/12221/">For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4179/">Lacroix, Christian</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/elegance/">Elegance</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"The endearing elegance of female friendship."

Johnson, Samuel · Friends and Friendship · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/16150/">The endearing elegance of female friendship..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3852/">Johnson, Samuel</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/friends_and_friendship/">Friends and Friendship</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."

Proverb · Giving · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/16946/">A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/5854/">Proverb</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/giving/">Giving</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Be both the gardener and the rose."

Unknown, Source · Action · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/804/">Be both the gardener and the rose..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7377/">Unknown, Source</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/action/">Action</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could not have self in any season. The more memories you have, the more you have. That is why, as Swift said, No wise man ever wished to be younger."

Will, George F. · Memory · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/26041/">It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could not have self in any season. The more memories you have, the more you have. That is why, as Swift said, No wise man ever wished to be younger..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7725/">Will, George F.</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/memory/">Memory</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf."

Coolidge, Susan · Growth · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/18043/">Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1679/">Coolidge, Susan</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/growth/">Growth</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Footfalls echo in the memory down the passage which we did not take towards the door we never opened into the rose-garden."

Eliot, T. S. · Regret · 4 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/33773/">Footfalls echo in the memory down the passage which we did not take towards the door we never opened into the rose-garden..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2269/">Eliot, T. S.</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/regret/">Regret</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it"

Twain, Mark · Forgiveness · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/15560/">Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7349/">Twain, Mark</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/forgiveness/">Forgiveness</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"One rose says more than the dozen"

Craig, Wendy · Gifts · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/16835/">One rose says more than the dozen.</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1745/">Craig, Wendy</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/gifts/">Gifts</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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