It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian?

We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary.

If youth knew; if age could.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is color-blind.

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.

It was less in pity than in anger that the world was moved by the photograph of little Alan Kurdi, that dead three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose name we're all remembering now on the first anniversary of his drowning, along with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother Rehanna.

Details create the big picture.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.