If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.

I hope this might be forever.

I was interested in politics since the age of 14.

The hardest thing about finding forgiveness is that you had to find it at all.

The teacher "teaches" and the students "sit and listen" or learn passively.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

Faith is not only in the heart; it should be put into words.

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

A man is what he is on his knees before God, and nothing more.

My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.