#thriving

The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox. The florist will sigh and add a wall divider and proper soil to both sides. The grandparent will move the flowerbox halfway out of the sun. The child will turn it around properly so that the fern is in the shade, and not the cactus. The moral of the story? Kids are smart. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#cactus #child #children #clever #desert

High above the noise and fear mongering of critics and cynics softly speaks your true self. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#leadership #strength #thriving #truth #wisdom

To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#also #america #build #companion #compliment

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#books #costly #fix #how #market

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#crisis #life #thriving #life

Lineage, personality, and environment may shape you, but they do not define your full potential. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#growth #purpose #self-care #success #thriving

If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#business #business partners #businesses #could #difference

Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for. ↗

— Stephen Covey

#gains #innovation #markets #most #organizations

President Obama made the right choice, over one million Americans are still working today. The American auto industry is not just surviving. It is thriving. Where Mitt Romney was willing to turn his back on Akron, Dayton and Toledo, Ohio, the president said, 'I've got your back.' ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#american #auto #auto industry #back #choice

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#american dream #dream #europe #home #seems