Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

I'm thankful for every moment.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

Wine is bottled poetry.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.