Life is partly what we make it and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to insert it in.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

The West can teach the East how to get a living, but the East must eventually be asked to show the West how to live.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Lean too much upon the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.

If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article.

Prudence is sometimes stretched too far, until it blocks the road of progress.

If the world knew how to use freedom without abusing it, tyranny would not exist.

The schools of the country are its future in miniature.

A road that does not lead to other roads always has to be retraced, unless the traveller chooses to rust at the end of it.

Fantasyland was designed as a home for some of the classic characters [from those films], and as a symbol of the magic, hope and beauty of the human imagination.

Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live.

Oh, I'm not saying that alcohol is perfect. It has caused its share of problems. Russia is only one example.

Money is 80% behavior, 20% head knowledge. It's what you do, not what you know.

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.

I get clarity through quiet time, reflection, reading, and meditation. Finding the space between thoughts gives me the energy to take on new challenges with enthusiasm.

No great deed, private or public, has ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

Let me plead with you, lovers of my Africa, to carry with you into the world the vision of a new Africa

It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days.