Helping those less fortunate than us is a blessed opportunity to show thanks for the gifts of life that we ourselves enjoy.

An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.

We may not live for hundreds of years, but the products of our creativity can leave a legacy long after we are gone.

Creativity should be integral to everything that we do. Creativity should also be intrinsic to our personality, if excellence is what we seek.

The future does not wait for hesitant people. The more we achieve, the more we realise how much more we can achieve.

Good governance is about nothing more or less than creating happiness. It really is that simple.

Every nation can harness the energy of its citizens, either towards constructive work to generate optimism and hope, or towards tensions, unrest and war.

Change or you will be changed: leaders who neglect the good of their people will be forsaken. Leadership is a service, not a gateway to privilege.

Simplicity starts in the heart, away from negativity and pessimism.

A true leader does not derive power from his position, but from his ethics, from people’s love for him, and from his knowledge, education and excellence in his field of work.

To take risk and fail is not a failure. Real failure is to fear taking any risk

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!

With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out.

If we are leading but not closely following Christ, we are misleading.

Irish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak their rack-renting in the festering slums of our Irish towns.

It's bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling.

Maybe evolution is irrelevant at dinnertime.

For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere

I think living in our culture right now, there's a universal experience where we feel like we become what we do. Sometimes that's rewarding and sometimes that creates an existential crisis.

I wonder if one can view risk like a drug, beneficial to the organism in the proper dose. Too much or too little may be harmful.