Competition in business is a blessing, for without it, we wouldn’t be motivated to improve.

Let your ambitions fly, let nothing hold you back.

There will always be rough days and easy ones. Like a ship, we must sail through both.

Communication succeeds when you make others understand you clearly, and they make you understand them clearly.

Companies don't succeed, people do. Companies don't fail, people do.

Why start something that you won’t see to the end? You need to finish what you start!

The only instance where five purely-negative words have had a highly positive, motivational impact, are Winston Churchill's "Never, Never, Never, Never Give-Up".

It is not over, unless you stop trying.

If you believe all those who are urging you to give up are wrong, prove them wrong!

Once you “believe” that you can do it and do take the first step forward, stop doubting yourself.

Whether you dream big or dream small, chances are your dream will come true if you believe in it and really work on it.

Don't kill the game with your 'funk', elevate it with your humility.

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained no man can be truly free. He may have power but he will not have freedom.

I had a checkered early career, for sure, with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the nightmares one hears about.

The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.

Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

Worrying about the dunya is a darkness in the heart, while worrying about akhirah is a light in the heart.