How many times do you get to lie before you are a liar?

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

No one can convince a man of his erring ways as persuasively as experience.

Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.

Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.

I try not to go around looking like a hag.

From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.

What is it about sadness that can be so fulfilling?