He who cannot pray when the sun is shining will not know how to pray when the clouds come.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

A thought can prompt. Words can stir. But it takes action to attain a dream.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

The illusion of skill is not only an individual aberration; it is deeply ingrained in the culture of the [investment management] industry.

What does it say, 'I beat Meryl.'

There's nothing good about being my age.

Eating is a political act.

Reading is the most rewarding form of exile and the most necessary discipline for novelists who burn with the ambition to get better.

If I can join hands with FIFA and other continental bodies to promote football globally, then I can do more than that to raise African football to new heights.