Quotes on Grass: The Green Carpet of Life

"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars." — Walt Whitman
"A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener." — Henry David Thoreau
"Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence." — Hal Borland
"The warm green of the grass, sprinkled with flowers of many hues, is a carpet whereon we walk with noiseless tread." — William Wendt
"Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength." — Joseph Conrad

"The grass isn't always greener on the other side. It's green where you water it." — Neil Barringham
"Don't allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship." — Native American Proverb
"Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it." — Natalie Goldberg
"The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass." — Wendell Berry
"Grass grows at last above all graves." — Julia Caroline Dorr

"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak." — James Russell Lowell
"Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons." — Dave Barry
"Even if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, keep to your own side; it's where you belong." — Richelle E. Goodrich
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, rejoice, for your soul is alive." — Eleonora Duse
"Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country." — William Jennings Bryan

"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up." — Muhammad Ali
"The grass is always greener around the fire hydrant." — Jeff Rich
"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. The grass is greenest where it is watered." — Robert Fulghum
"May you live to see the green grass growing over your grave." — Frank R. Stockton
"Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow — grow!'" — The Talmud

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