“The media wanted me to speak since morning. But I wanted to speak to Vadodara first Vadodara has first right on me.”

Mind is never a problem. Mindset is.

I want to do small things, for small people, and to make the small people big.

It is not that the people want a BJP government or Modi as PM. The Nation wants to teach a lesson to those who have ruined the nation.

I dream of a Digital India where high-speed Digital Highways unite the Nation.

Innovation no longer remains a choice but has become an imperative.

Don’t dream to be something but rather dream to do something great.

Good governance depends on ability to take responsibility by both administration as well as people.

The world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. But our youth has surprised the world with its IT [information technology] skills. I dream of a digital India.

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.

As students I am sure you have several dreams. If you are determined to move ahead nothing can stop you. Our youth are talented.

A youthful nation like ours must leave an impact in the entire world.

If our country has to reach its economic goals, it cannot happen with half its population shut behind doors.

We should not look at terrorism from the nameplates – ­which group they belong to, what is their geographical location, who are the victims. These individual groups or names will keep changing.

Dignity of labour has to be our national duty; it has to be a part of our nature.

Our ancestors used to play with snakes, we play with mouse.

There can be no better place than India to manufacture, expand, and grow.

Morning mist like a blanket to dawn, obscures the hope of a new day. Yet the sunrises high, and the blanket falls and hope returns to the stage.

All real change requires risk. You must take risks every day of your life. You must get up each morning and ask…: What can I do that is different?

The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.

To many Americans, everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension had to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their plan to get themselves martyred.

Every morning when I open my eyes, I feel possibility.

It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

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

The thing I love most about going on vacation is that I get to leave behind any kind of schedule. My entire life is scheduled from morning to night, and when I’m on vacation, there is no schedule.