I hike a lot. The view and the air up in the hills are much greater than the hustle and bustle of the city. It makes it all look so silly and small.

Make sure you surround yourself with positive people that will support you and push you forward and won't drag you down or get in your way.

Watch who you have around you, and focus, work hard, and be humble, and try to be good.

If there's a field you're interested in, do some research. If you can, go to school and study it to really understand it from its core.

Think good, speak good, and be good.

Sometimes, I need to be high off the ground to keep grounded.

Dream big and love bigger.

Watch your thoughts. They turn into words, then turn into actions.

All religions are true but none are literal.

One of Lincoln's intimates as a presidential candidate urged him to make no promises and not to part with those kind words which could be interpreted as promises.

... the best education is self-discipline with good principles through human university.

You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.

To get nominated, and a lot of people get nominated and say they're glad to be nominated but I wanna win! I want to win!

That's when the idea for Mad About the Boy arrived. It wasn't even a Bridget [Jones] story initially - then I realized I was writing in Bridget's voice and it grew from there into a Bridget novel.

..because when we look up into the sky at night there will be no darkness, just the blazing light of billions and billions of stars, all falling.

India's role is not to interfere in what Nepal does but to support Nepal in their development. Nepal should scale new heights of progress.

To affirm is to make firm.

Once more you open the door and you're here in my heart, and my heart will go on and on.