"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.“


-Abraham Lincoln

posted in nature


All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."

-Abraham Lincoln

thanksgivingView Quote
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."

-Abraham Lincoln

thanksgivingView Quote
"Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."

-Abraham Lincoln

workView Quote
"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

-Abraham Lincoln

workView Quote
"Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure."

-Abraham Lincoln

warView Quote
"There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'"

-Abraham Lincoln

truthView Quote

More Quotes About nature

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"I have a bit of a rebellious nature."

-John Cusack

natureView Quote
"It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal."

-Amy Grant

natureView Quote
"I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop."

-Willie Stargell

natureView Quote
"There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder."

-Alfred Austin

natureView Quote
"Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!"

-Taslima Nasrin

natureView Quote
"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."

-Charles Eastman

natureView Quote