We have no intention of shutting down plants. We have always said there will be no redundancies or lay-offs as a result of this merger.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

Its not always you get to hit the iron when it is hot. I believe in hitting it so hard, that it gets hot.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.

The danger, though - and there have been signs of this recently - is that Europe begins to demonstrate a return to more nationalist sentiment. To my mind, that would be a great mistake.

When people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them.

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

It is a high for me. It is my biggest and most satisfying deal.

Sometimes the only way to ever find yourself is to get completely lost.

Love is the only power that heals, connects and includes all.....not by force, but by grace.

Ignorance must be prosecuted when arrested. The only way for its arrest is by information and the only way for prosecution is through reading and learning of new things.

I want to leave all my friends and the sunlight for a small, rainy town.

When the Magician waves his magic wand to help you… rest assured he does it because you deserve it.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction given on political morals: an enormous deficiency in a republic.

In his speech last night, John Kerry said this was the beginning of the end of the Bush administration. I agree. Sure, it may take another five years, but this is it.

Do your best every day. Live each day as if it's your masterpiece.

Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel.