Liberty Hyde Bailey quotes

Liberty Hyde Bailey was an American botanist and horticulturist, renowned for his pioneering work in plant science and agriculture. His efforts greatly advanced the study of botany and promoted agricultural education in the United States. He played a crucial role in the development of rural life improvement and the establishment of agricultural extension programs. Here are 16 of his quotes:

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself. (Liberty Hyde Bailey)
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. View quote
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The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset. View quote
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Every decade needs its own manual of handicraft. View quote
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Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. View quote
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Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves. View quote
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There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. View quote
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My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon. View quote
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One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels. View quote
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I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere, they are visible yet everywhere occult. View quote
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We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain. (Liberty Hyde Bailey)
Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world. View quote
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Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities. View quote
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No beast has ever overcome the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force. View quote
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There are two essential epochs in any enterprise - to begin, and to get done. View quote
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If a person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion. View quote
Liberty Hyde Bailey

Liberty Hyde Bailey

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Occupation: American Scientist
Born: March 15, 1858
Died: December 25, 1954
Quotes count: 16