#soil

The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#american #american flag #been #beloved #beloved country

The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible. ↗

— Max Muller

#banished #begins #bible #chapters #clear

Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american #close #close proximity #except #exercises

Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#beloved #bishop #christ #distant #english

The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#age #become #creates #generation #greater

Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#burgeoning #deeply #however #light #like

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth. ↗

— Plautus

#conduct #filth #finest #more #ornament

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#grows #humanity #manure #rich #soil

Every great tragedy forms a fertile soil in which a great recovery can take root and blossom...but only if you plant the seeds. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#fertile-soil #plant #recovery #seeds #success

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled. ↗

— Jean Racine

#day #death #eyes #gives #light