The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men.

A child joined together by a single thought is a parent's best friend.

I can lead a nation only by following its wishes.

Be a voice, not an echo.