Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Hope is a waking dream.

God does not play dice.

You cannot use an ace of spade to win a game of carrom board.

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news. 

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. 

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Zebra crossings offer safe passage to pedestrians in cities but there is no such thing for zebras in the African jungles!

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.