Top 242 Cultivating Quotes & Sayings

I really believe that cultivating creativity, as a general principle, is about managing your energy.

I know because I read...Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.

When we talk about the environment, about creation, my thoughts turn to the first pages of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, which states that God placed man and woman on earth to cultivate and care for it. And the question comes to my mind: What does cultivating and caring for the earth mean? Are we truly cultivating and caring for creation? Or are we exploiting and neglecting it?

I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.

The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.

I spent most of my life from 24 to 31 at the office. I wasn't going to people's weddings; I wasn't cultivating my marriage. I wasn't happy.

In cultivating human values, emphasis should also be placed on avoiding wastage of money, food and time.

I've made several careers out of people underestimating me - it's almost an advantage worth cultivating.

Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.

We are going back to our roots by cultivating new unsigned talent who otherwise might go unnoticed.

Cultivating innovative thinking starts at the top. Leaders can foster a culture of innovation by encouraging creativity and experimenting with new ideas.

Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.

Cow-protection can only be secured by cultivating universal friendliness, i.e. ahimsa.

The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring.

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.

We should be cultivating our female workers. The truth of the matter is that women just see problems and solutions differently, and that's valuable.

My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family.

... America is the greatest humiliator in existence. It is always cultivating the power you get from humiliating others.

We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted to a happier clime.

Democracy is not a fragile flower; still it needs cultivating.

I'm all about cultivating joy in your life.

I can't spend any time cultivating celebrity.

By cultivating rich social networks, by cultivating weak ties, not just close ties but the weak ties, by becoming connectors and by connecting others so that they connect us, we create a world in which these self-amplifying feedback loops feed on top of each other.

Douglas Carswell accused all political parties of "deliberately cultivating the impression" that there would be a referendum.

Meditation is about cultivating constructive emotions, like altruism, compassion.

Qigong is the art and science of refining and cultivating internal energy.

'Failing fast' is an important component of cultivating the agility needed for a development project along with continually rebalancing your innovation portfolio.

I have found that the greatest degree of inner peace comes from cultivating love and compassion.

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.

We should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society.

In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.

Happiness can only be found within, by breaking attachments to external things and cultivating an attitude of acceptance.

Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques.

Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination.

The earth flourishes, or is overrun with noxious weeds and brambles, as we apply or withhold the cultivating hand. So fares it with the intellectual system of man.

Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh.

Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I'm very glad that it's happening.

My main interest is in cultivating my company.

I'm not a big fan of just cultivating an image.

We should master fear, instead of cultivating it.

Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.

Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older.

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves.

By focusing on love and cultivating an internal security, we can start to take the steps in our lives to create profound change.

By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

Asceticism without religion is just another way of cultivating peculiar sensations.

How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream.

Is this what you have in mind,' I asked the Dalai Lama, 'when you say in teachings that the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the world are the most selfish beings of all, that by cultivating altruism they actually achieve ultimate happiness for themselves?' Yes. That's wise selfish,' he replied. 'Helping others not means we do this at our own expense. Not like this. Buddhas and bodhisattvas, these people very wise. All their lives they only want one thing: to achieve ultimate happiness. How to do this? By cultivating compassion, by cultivating altruism.

Picking other people's brains is an art worth cultivating.

The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.

I've never gone for having a great voice, for cultivating one. I'm still not doing it now.

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.