Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

Promise me this. When you find yourself in need of inspiration, bypass the roses that will clamor aimlessly for attention. And focus on the souls who have actually 'lived' among the thorns.

Love is a byproduct of deep appreciation.

Machines are non living things, but they still can absorb human attitudes.

My work is not about 'form follows function, ' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'

We all have the ability to produce greatness in our lives.

The ocean is tired. It's throwing back at us what we're throwing in there.

How to fool yourself into feeling younger: When you go to restaurants, always check a coat and a skateboard.

I have dedicated my life to the way of Allah, Most High.

An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death.

All these troubles revolve around the irritable mutual dependence of life and art - with their need and contempt for one another. Of necessity, to create is a temporary state and cannot be possessed.