Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

Spirituality begins where worldly wisdom ends.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.  

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk. 

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Every time she said some thing is cooking, I thought she was in the kitchen.