You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people – especially children.

How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.

Sometimes success is disguised as hard work.

Food is Essential to life, therefore make it good.

Each person's destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice. It's determined by what we say, what we do, and whom we trust.

We must motivate ourselves to do our very best, and by our example lead others to do their best as well.

If you're excited about what you're doing, it's a lot more likely that your employees will also be excited. People want to work for a person, not a company. It's about relationships.

Learn to love your work and you'll never have to 'work' again.

How do you know if someone needs encouragement? If they are breathing!

The one thing I take more joy in than anything else in the world is seeing young people develop

If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; If you wish to enrich years, plant trees; If you wish to enrich Eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others.

When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care.

There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening years.

The way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

Get used to dealing with failure as long as it doesn't hurt people around you, as long as it doesn't hurt you physically, or it doesn't hurt you so much that you can't pick yourself up.

You know how fussy and particular I am in painting. I am ever removing the paint and repainting the spot until I am completely exhausted.

In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.

Nobody beats a bunch of journalists for inflating their rather mundane straightforward chores with a lot more melodrama and self-importance than the job should be asked to contain.

No Indian who aspires to follow the way of true religion can afford to remain aloof from politics.

I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.

We're strong; We're very dedicated to what we do; We believe in ourselves; We go for what we want in life; We've made a mark in this world for ourselves.