Portland Rose Garden

...on a beautiful day strolling along through The City of Roses

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carlson

"Of all the flowers, methinks a rose is best". ~Shakespeare

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
Emma Goldman

The world is a rose; smell it and pass it to your friends.
Persian Proverb

“The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.”

This old world that we're livin' in

Is mighty hard to beat.

You get a thorn with every Rose

But - ain't the roses sweet?

Frank Stanton

A single rose can be my garden, a single friend my world. - Leo Buscaglia

Every rose that is sweet-scented within,
That rose is telling of the secrets of the Universal.
Rumi

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.
Chinese Proverb