A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture.

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

The sun is new each day.

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Work is much more fun than fun.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.

It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn.