Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.

I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright.

I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it.

If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make them work better.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.

I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.

I have not learned a single lesson, been inspired or impacted by another person’s life void of negative experiences.

Boys", she says, "just aren't very good at being afraid.

I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.

Almost all sadness comes from feeling sorry for oneself.

Always think backwards before moving forwards

She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. She spoke to no one. She spent hours on the riverbank. She smoked cigarettes and had midnight swims.

It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable.

I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It's been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.

Great passions may either bring great victories or great sorrows! In both cases, it is always a great privilege to have great passions!

I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.