Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

How gleefully life shreds our well crafted plans.

Jealousy’s a weak emotion.

It’s amazing what you can do when you stop worrying about failing.

Relationships, like eyebrows, are better when there is space between them.

Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position.

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.

Every day I am inspired by what's possible.

There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.

I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am.