• The plants do not come to the gardener; the gardener must go to where the plants may be.
  • Each plant has different needs at different times and the gardener must anticipate those and be proactive.
  • However tall a mountain is, and however torrential the rain on it, it cannot hold water. To hold water, you need to make your mind a valley.
  • I am not the purpose, I am the mode of conveyance; like a municipal water pipe, my job is to deliver the water and not quench my own thirst.
  • Imagination is everything. If we can imagine a future, we can create it, if we can create that future, others will live in it. That is the essence of success.

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