Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and, regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete

What is really important is what you learn after thinking you know it all.

The only things we keep permanently are those we give away.

Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do no recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.

Many people think they could do much better if they only had the opportunity that they don’t realize they already have.

Live with a mission

Only prisoners were ever granted easy passage into a prison.

They put up with such strenuous training, and where did their thoughts, their hopes and dreams, disappear to? When people pass away, do their thoughts just vanish?

People have a copyright on their own life.

Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women--forget about that. Forget about that. It's a very bad way of thinking.

Give the opponents more than one reason to stare at your feet.

You have the power to change your thoughts and your thoughts have the power to change your life.

The President's very shrewd

Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians