If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within you.

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.

It is difficult for me to commit to an manuscript. Once, I get finished writing it. I get this feeling of adrenaline, and satisfaction. This is when the amusement begins, for the writer's side of me.

Never on me let such wrath lay hold, as the wrath you cherish, you whose valor causes harm!

An enlightened thinker does not waste his precious time thinking about what others think of what he thinks.

I am with you because I want to be, not because I need you. It's my will be with you. And that makes it much stronger, because God knows I'm as stubborn as they come.

I love that aspect of sports where you can see what kind of work, how much work, an athlete's been doing by how her body is carved.

I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.

I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!

The goal is to know how not-to-know.

Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.

One or two of the trips were a bit scary. Soldiers had me at gun point on one trip, locked me in my van all night and escorted me in and out of buildings when I wanted to wash.