“Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling. A seedling which is never hardened off through stressful situations will never become a strong productive plant.”

Respect is not something that you can ask for, buy or borrow. Respect is what you earn from each person no matter their background or status.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is…

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

In God we trust; everybody else brings data to the table.

It can't be spring if your heart is filled with past failures.

The universe is made of stories, not atoms.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.