Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.