"The farmer and the gardener are both busy, the gardener perhaps the more excitable of the two, for he is more of the amateur, concerned with the creation of beauty rather than with the providing of food. Gardening is a luxury occupation; an ornament, not a necessity, of life."

-- Vita Sackville-West

#Two Quotes #Luxury Quotes #Gardening Quotes

“The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and hard work persists.”
“The pain and suffering that comes to us has a purpose in our lives-it is trying to teach us something. We should look for its lesson.”
“All beginnings are hard.”
“Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God full of their prayers, than heaps of money in our own coffers with their curses.”

Source : Thomas Adams (1848). “An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter”, p.351
“I knew I wanted to be used by God in big ways. I always prayed He would trust me enough to use me to make a difference in His Kingdom, but I never dreamed it would be through a cable television show, the number one cable television show in A&E network history, as of this writing! Ephesians 3:20â€“21 best describes how I feel. It is not because of any power or wisdom we possess that this happened. It is all because of His power, His power working through us. What a dream come true!”

Source : Kay Robertson, Korie Robertson, Missy Robertson, Jessica Robertson, Lisa Robertson (2014). “The Women of Duck Commander: Surprising Insights from the Women Behind the Beards About What Makes This Family Work”, p.255, Simon and Schuster
“Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?”
“The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.”
“If you don't know who you are, madness gives you something to believe in.”

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