If you produce one book, you will have done something wonderful in your life.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Pearls are always appropriate.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

I have made so many mistakes but I have learned a lot and I'm confident to say - he who never made a mistake never made any discovery

Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now?

Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.

But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit.

When you feel concentrated within the intensity of making paintings, you know exactly what you are doing.

I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level national security adviser.

Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us.

When I was kidnapped as a child my parents sent a letter to the hijackers me Pay 5,000 dollars or your back

There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.