“One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.”

We must find positivity in the bleakest situations and live by the principle of gratitude

People with a closed mindset want to grow by beating others in their field. Open-minded people, on the other hand, grow by developing themselves.

We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.

We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.

If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.

We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.

Live your life in such a way that those who know you but don’t know God will come to know God because they know you.

Having a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.

People who meditate develop a habit of practicing sincere gratitude which helps them in all their relationships. It is a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.

Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.

This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.

Hot heads do not give good feedback – choose a better time.

Physical violence is inflicted with weapons, but emotional violence is inflicted with words; words can leave invisible scars that can take years, or even lifetimes, to heal.

To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.

Faith in anything, be it positive or negative, produces results. Putting faith in fear generates destructive results, beginning with the disintegration of our ability to relate confidently to the external world.

Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.

As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.

You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.

Until you love yourself, you will never know who you really are and you won’t know what you’re really capable of.

You don’t bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.