A great leader has brains, vision, guts, values ... and a heart.

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.

Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

Kill your enemies with success and bury them with a smile.... Never fails.

No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

Maturity comes with experience, not age.

I'm strong because I know my weaknesses. I'm wise because I've been foolish. I laugh because I've known sadness.

People are not who they say but rather who their actions reveal them to be....Be smart about it. Don't fall for the bullshit.

In this neighbourhood people don't venture out after dark. It's not safe for them. Only the terminally stupid and the criminally motivated come out at this hour.

For us, everything was a performance.” A small, private smile catches me off guard and I glance down, hoping he won’t see it. “Everything poetic.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.

As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being.

I really believe there is the possibility of something great that can happen in the right hands.

I don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most generous from the grassroots up, nations in the world.

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.

For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating.

All I can do is just do what I can do and not be hampered by knowing that some people won't like it.

You shoulda left the other day You let me beg for you to stay