"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."
- Chinese Proverb
Education
"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."
- Chinese Proverb
Perseverance
"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."
- Chinese Proverb
Generosity
"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."
- Chinese Proverb
Courage
"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
- Chinese Proverb
Personal Growth
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition