My mum, who died in 2011, was the most loving mother you could ask for. She was very compassionate, always a good listener, and her love was a constant throughout my life. She was very sympathetic,...

Whatever may be thought of my art, it is my own; and I would rather possess a freehold, though but a cottage, than live in a palace belonging to another.

It is possible that people who share core values will make choices along the same lines.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Music, architecture and pictures have always been my passions, and all that material wealth has meant for me, is being able to have some of the pictures I liked.

I believe in the value of life. I believe we must prepare our children for tomorrow with the family values of my grandparents.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

The tulip is among flowers what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb the other in its tail.

I do not understand when a person is more concerned with the appearance of their house than the state of their home.

Today there is no symbolic compensation for old age, no recognition of a specific value: wisdom, perceptiveness, experience, vision.

There is nothing near as powerful in making a nation great like establishing values and virtues upon a nation.

Eternal values are much more everlasting than the temporary physical material things.

Our true worth lies in our character, not in our accomplishments

Everyone has a price, as they say. So let the price on your tag say PRICELESS INVALUABLE IRREPLACEABLE.

The world is focused on success, which is defined as riches and fame. Define your success as a person of values. Make love, compassion, and kindness your only success and everything else will be...

A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

When do you become a man? When you become your own man. When other men trust you to do a man's work. Trust you with their name, their reputation, their thoughts. Trust you to watch their backs and...

I do not have silver nor gold to give you, but I have a heart of gold to keep you.

Despite how utterly massive they might be, it is never the size of the arsenal nor the strength of the warrior. Rather, it is a heart bent on sacrifice that is the most potent weapon of all.

For after all, what is there behind, except money? Money for the right kind of education, money for influential friends, money for leisure and peace of mind, money for trips to Italy. Money writes...

What counts that we're not counting?

Commitment is another name for relationship not the compromise.

If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors

It is better to be redeemed than to be rich.

Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.

The person more qualified to lead is not the physically stronger person. It is the more intelligent, the more knowledgeable, the more creative, more innovative. And there are no hormones for those...

Honestly, what good is owning a castle if the person you love doesn't want to share it with you?

He may not look as tall or strong as some, but he is worth more than all of them. - Lysa

Money is nothing to us; it's merely the symbol of success. We are the greatest idealists in the world; I happen to think that we've set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the...