When you want to build a ship, then do not drum the men together in order to procure wood, to give instructions or to distribute the work, but teach them longing for the wide endless sea.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.

Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

The measure of success is not by opulence but by happiness

Greatness is when you inspire others, motivate others and encourage others to live in harmony”.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

My father was in the First World War.

Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.

Sometimes at night, when I wake up real late, I can hear my dad talking to God. He whispers, but I still hear him. I even hear him crying sometimes, when God says something sad.

The Man of a Thousand Voices

The Lybian army is capable of destroying America and breaking its nose.

Now, after divorce with Tom Cruise, I can wear heels.

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.