Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.