Openness is something any teacher strives to instill in his or her students.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung.

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

The beautiful thing about the NFL season is to see a team come together after they get to know each other in the spring and summer. You then go through adversity together and see how you respond. The teams that can respond in a positive way are the teams that are going to be there in the end.

I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day.

I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day. That's why I'm trying to enjoy it so much.

Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

I think you need to be intentional at times about your leadership - where you're eating lunch, who you're interacting with, making guys feel like you're interested in what they're doing. If it's authentic, then it's going to be an easy conversation and easy hangout time.

I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.

I've spent years trying to time up my drops with my throws. You learn to listen to your feet and trust your positions.

I wanted to really ingrain myself in the culture and the people. And I apologize about having an allergy to dairy products that gives me some irritable bowels, but other than that, I mean, I've embraced just about everything else Wisconsin - especially when it comes to sports, but also the people and the interactions with our fans.

I've gotten to know a lot of great people here in all the different sports. It's fun. It's fun to get involved where you live. And this is where I live. I'm a registered voter here. I have my Wisconsin driver's license.

Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who's looking back at you. And you can only do that if you're being honest with yourself and being a person of high character. You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life.

My message to the people and rulers of Pakistan is, 'As neighbours, we want peace and friendship and cooperation with you so that together we can change the face of South Asia.'

India was secular even when Muslims hadn't come here and Christians hadn't set foot on this soil. It is not as if India became secular after they came. They came with their own modes of worship, and they, too, were given a place of honor and respect. They had the freedom to worship God as per their wish and inclination.

It requires an effort of logical acrobatics to believe that carnage of innocents is an instrument for freedom and elections are a symbol of deception and repression!

I am often accused of colluding with the British during the freedom struggle. I want to ask, how?

The BJP is not a party dependent on a single individual, nor is it tied to the apron strings of a family.

I have a vision of India: an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

We believe in equal respect for all faiths.

As we talk with candour, we open the doors to new possibilities and new areas of cooperation in advance in democracy, in combating terrorism, in energy and environment, science and technology and international peacekeeping.

The spending in science and technology need to be to increased.

India has the sanction of her own past glory and future vision to become strong - in every sense of the term.

I dream of an India that is prosperous, strong and caring. An India, that regains a place of honour in the comity of great nations.

Our nuclear scientists and engineers have done a splendid job, and naturally, the entire nation has risen to salute their professional excellence, discipline, and patriotism. They have had the benefit of having been led in the past by great men like Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.

My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.

People want government to deliver - here and now.

For the Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhian socialism is what we want to achieve and make society free of exploitation and full of opportunities.