The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

It doesn't matter how green a blade of grass is expected to be, when it's already smashed beneath the feet.

The best stories are like the best burgers: big, juicy, and messy.

Choice was dangerous: you had to forgo all other possibilities when you chose.

I have also figured out that for many people death is a difficult subject, not at all as simple as it is for me.

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.

When we walk, the two halves of our brains converse.

And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue.

It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid.

There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don