It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

A lie never lives to be old.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Common sense is not so common.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.