“Good things aren’t supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.”

There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn’t a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.

Whatever you love most, you fear you might lose, you know it can change. Why do you look from left to right when you cross the street? Because you don’t want to get run over. But, you still cross the street.

Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn’t help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up.

Is there anything more important than a child?

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck.

And I think that’s what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.

Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.

A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.

Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there’s nothing more to live for.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

Never regret anything that makes you smile.

We all show our true colors eventually – mine is dark and firesome red. I bet I burned you. I don’t expect to see you soon.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.

The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.

I always wanted to see the world. But I never expected to find it in your eyes.

It’s hard enough to change ourselves. We can’t expect other people to change so that we feel better. We have to take the journey ourselves.

Some people claim that expectations are the reason for unhappiness. However, I can assure you from personal experience that you’ll suffer greatly by setting subpar targets.

I think we’d be very foolish to expect that we can just import everything from somewhere else and imagine that that’s going to last for ever and ever and ever.

When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.