Cultivate plants which attract lovely company.

I cultivate my garden, and my garden cultivates me.

— Robert Breault

“A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

— Louisa May Alcott

Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want…

— Shunryu Suzuki

People cultivate these fully formed personalities.

— Kristen Stewart

Africa is a continent that provides so much for the existence of the rest of the world. We go around the world and cultivate…

— Djimon Hounsou

If you cultivate your body, your mind, your emotions, and your energies to a certain level of maturity, meditation will blossom.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing…

— Robert Shea

What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.

— Wally Lamb

Let every one of us cultivate, in every word that issues from our mouth, absolute truth. I say cultivate, because to very few people…

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.

— Laozi

“What you practice you will cultivate. Simply, if you practice being mean and nasty, you will get meaner and nastier; if you practice being…

— Susan Smalley

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.

— Denzel Washington

Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a…

— Adam Grant