I understand that this has taken a lot of politicians by surprise. But we believe that this is an important and right step for the steel industry.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

Its not always you get to hit the iron when it is hot. I believe in hitting it so hard, that it gets hot.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.

The danger, though - and there have been signs of this recently - is that Europe begins to demonstrate a return to more nationalist sentiment. To my mind, that would be a great mistake.

When people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them.

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

It is a high for me. It is my biggest and most satisfying deal.

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

Treat your past as a book that you learn from instead of a hammer that you beat yourself up about.

There will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

Even though you get a little twinge every now and again with the years marching on and become aware of your own mortality, you realise you're only limited by your imagination.

I finally realized that until you understand why you do things, you have no control over what you do.

Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.

Empathy in broadest sense refers to the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another

I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science.

I think it would be a threat [Donald's Trump presidency] to the conduct of our foreign policy and our position in the world at large.