For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking.

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.

Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers.

My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive.

Flowers in the city are like lipstick on a woman-it just makes you look better to have a little color.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

Science is organized knowledge.

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.

I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.

If you rely too much on the people in other countries and other companies, in a sense that's your brain and you are outsourcing your brain.

We can always gain more depth and breadth in our work [as educators]. There are always new discoveries to be made.

It's very hard to get a movie made. You could spend your life reading scripts that never got made.

When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.

I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am.

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.