Most important jobs of a parent: unconditional love, comfort and protection, and a solid platform and values for future success

Entrepreneur, noun: someone who takes calculated risks to add value to wider society with the hope of making money and building wealth

The only time someone fails in life is when they fail to try at all

No if's, but's or maybe's. It's all or nothing. You're either going to soar to new heights or crash and burn. Why live by any other philosophy.

Every morning and every night, I pause for just a minute and express my gratitude for all that I have in my life and all that I have experienced.

A thing or one’s eyes are not maya (deceit), but the attraction that occurs due to the sense is maya!

Some people in your lifeTouch you so very deeplyThat you drown totally in that depth.

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

The success of our whole national program depends, of course, on the cooperation of the public--on its intelligent support and its use of a reliable system.

To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of his existence.

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.

I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories from history, dust them off and make them alive.

Painting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself; it is a medium of thought. Thus painting, like music, tends to become its own content.

I realize how much ballet gave me, and because of ballet, I’m known as a graceful gymnast.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.