Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

There is nothing more real and more important in life than the love that we give away and the love that we receive.

When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.

It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.

Sorrow teaches more lessons than laughter.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.