Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to fail unless God is in it, and you're in it as well.

Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace

The people you listen to are a preview of the future you.

Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?

Excellence requires us to prepare in advance.

I truly feel that food is a celebration of life. It's the most important, most valuable gift that God gave humans.

Listen more than you talk.

Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders.

I hire talented, creative, passionate learners who have a history of turning intention into reality.

Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, "Will you help me" and don't say another thing. Just listen to them.

We've got to build scale. We're going to hire the best people, build the best systems, and find solutions.

Art is whatever you can get away with.

I don't think top-down works in America.

I am on the side of the underdog except when I am on the side of the rich

...the argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found.

It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.

I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan.

In all true faith there is complete committal to God.

Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I've practised for many years.

Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?

Sometimes God lets you hit rock bottom so that you will discover He is the Rock at the bottom.