Lift Your Mood with These Inspiring Quotes about Flowers

Summer is in full bloom, but we still need a reminder to “stop and smell the roses.” With all of the distractions of the everyday world, it's important to take a moment for reflection to appreciate the beauty that surrounds you. That’s why we’ve compiled the very best flower quotes right here to inspire growth and hope! Share these with your friends on social media.

Even through tough times, these nature quotes can bring joy to anyone in need of a pick me up. From more personal quotes (like Arundhati Roy's “She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes”) to more basic truisms (like Aaron Neville's “Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed” comes to mind), there's something here for just about everyone.

So skim through our favorite flower quotes, and get ready to celebrate beauty, joy, and new beginnings! And if you’re needing more sunshine in your life, check out our favorite gratitude quotes and sunshine quotes.

"Every flower must grow through dirt."

"A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is."

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere."

"Don't compare her to sunshine and roses when she's clearly orchids and moonlight."

"One day you will look back and see that all along, you were blooming."

"A tulip doesn't strive to impress anyone. It doesn't struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn't have to."

"The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun."

"You belong among the wildflowers. You belong in a boat out at sea. You belong with your love on your arm. You belong somewhere free."

"I say love, it is a flower. And you, its only seed."

"Every rose has its thorn."

"Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people though you never would."

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

“A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms."

“We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different for ourselves.”

“A world of grief and pain
flowers bloom—
even then.”

“Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.”

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them"

“A little flower that blooms in May

A lovely sunset at the end of a day

Someone helping a stranger along the way

That's heaven to me”

"She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes."

"Flowers don't tell; they show."

"Flowers didn't ask to be flowers and I didn't ask to be me."

"Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth's lips spoken without sound."

"I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one."

"The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly."

"A weed is but an unloved flower."

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

"Butterflies are self-propelled flowers."

"Flowers grow out of dark moments."

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

"Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers."

"Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes."

"Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden."

"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends."

"Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed."

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change."

"To me, flowers are happiness."

"Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you."

"I am in awe of flowers. Not because of their colors, but because even though they have dirt in their roots, they still grow. They still bloom."

"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love."

"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."

"Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower."

"Love is the flower you've got to let grow."

"Life is the flower for which love is the honey."

"Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots."

"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light."

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul."

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming."

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

"The earth laughs in flowers."

"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."

"I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special."

"Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world."

"Where flowers bloom, so does hope."

"I must have flowers, always, and always."

"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair."

"A flower blossoms for its own joy."

"One person's weed is another person's wildflower."