There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.

If anyone tells you he is never afraid, he is a liar or he is a Gurkha.

Don't you think I would be a worthy replacement for you, Madam Prime Minister? You have a long nose. So have I. But I don't poke my nose into other people's affairs.

What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.

It's nonsense that people join the army to serve the country, like the politicians do it only for the sake of the country.

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

After India's victory in the war he was asked what would have happened if he had opted to be with the Pakistan Army at the time of partition in 1947, he quipped, then I guess Pakistan would have won.

Self-love is an unfolding process that gains strength over time, not a goal with a fixed end point.

All limits in life are self imposed.

I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.

Character, to me, is the life's blood of fiction

I did with my wife a comic book for the Raynham Hall Museum in Long Island. They sell the book every single time a busload of kids comes in.

Freedom is the total absence of concern about yourself.

There's no better feeling than making your little girls laugh.

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that all of our Muslim American neighbors in this country are somehow our enemies here. They are our first line of defense.

The No.1 thing people can do to increase their wealth is to start a part-time business.