If you can't please yourself some of the time, how do you expect to please people all the time? Not everyone is going to appreciate you for your efforts and deeds.

A trusting heart will follow, only those who truly follow their heart.

Sometimes playing stupid opens your eyes to the truth.

It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back.

We are all innocent, until we die.

The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.

A house is never small or empty, when filled with love.

Hope is like a word made with cloud, without faith, it quickly blows away.

Every corner and room of a house will carry memories, make these the most pleasurable times you shared with your family.

When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying.

We are all dust passing through the air, the difference is, some are flying high in the sky, while others are flying low. But eventually, we all settle on the same ground.

Growth comes from God, to those with surrendered, yielded hearts.

What's fame, after all? It can be what someone writes on your tombstone.

A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace.

Time often serves to justify a deed which seems at first unjustifiable.

The ultimate risk is not taking a risk.

I like men who are more in their heads.

I care a heck of a lot more about America than I do about any political party.