The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.

The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

If only a man can work on that thought within 48 hours the reality will manifest

Focus your attention around the naval area, feel that spot. Visualize it. Do whatever it takes. When thoughts come in and out of your mind, pay no attention. You just stay right on that spot!

When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. When you do not, you live not just by the day — but by the minute.

Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

The dream of life is really an illusion, and everybody lives in the reality he or she creates - a virtual reality that is only true for the one who creates it.

Change Won’t Happen Immediately, as Nigeria’s Problems Didn’t Start Overnight

When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time.

The globalization of the capital market is actually part of economic globalization. This will create a change in the entire world economy, not just restricted to some fields in some countries.

Given the books of a man, it is not difficult, I think, to detect therein the personality of the man, and the station in life to which he was born.

Projects get sent to you, and you read them, and there's something for you there. There's something to be done.