The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

I wanted to tell her happy was hard for me. But I think she already knew that.

To illuminate the world, let your love shine like the morning sun.

..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

One cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.

Look at history; all the interesting women were deeply flawed.

You have to have students wanting to take the courses, otherwise you're not going, they're not going to be very effective.