A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. 

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

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.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

 सच्‍चा धर्म वही है जो स्‍वतंत्रता को परम मूल्‍य की तरह स्‍थापित करे।

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