Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Lead me not into temptation

As life is a breath, savoring is a held exhale, a placeholder for joy.

Do what is best for you--no matter what others think.

Boys and girls can be friends. It's not weird. They're a person and they can be your best friend in the whole world.

We create in people through our actions and example. In this way people around us become reflections of our own behavioral patterns and internal energies.

There is only one Islam, and that is a totalitarian ideology that has no room for anything but Islam.

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

I worry about the future of this country for our kids and grandkids and America not being on the world stage and that vacuum being filled by the likes of Vladimir Putin.

There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand