“I don’t take right decisions, I take decisions and make them right”

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

Every Mussalman should serve Pakistan honestly, sincerely and selflessly.

Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.

When Mrs. Jinnah feels cold, she will say so, and ask for a wrap herself.

Democracy is in the blood of Musalmans, who look upon complete equality of manhood [mankind] and believe in fraternity, equality and liberty.

I am not going to respect. Gray hairs unless there is wisdom beneath them.

India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.

Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.

If we cannot agree, let us at any rate agree to differ, but let us part as friends.

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.

My message to you all is hope, courage and confidence.

Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.

Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.

You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics. Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

My message to you is: build up physical strength not for aggression, not for militarism, but for becoming fighting fit, all your life and all the time in every walk of life of your nation wherever you be and always to be a force for peace, international amity and goodwill.

It occurred to me that I just didn’t see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so… cannibalistic to me. And so, I’m a vegetarian, and I have been ever since.

Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It’s a symbol.

I just decided that I didn’t want to be in the academic world, because it was [really] too easy for me at the top. But also it wasn’t active enough for me.

I won a really big fellowship to go straight on to get my Ph.D. And I went through agonies of indecision, and then I decided not to accept it. I just decided I didn’t want to be an academic.

I think the greatest lesson I have just recently learned is how powerful the mind is, informing our decision making unknowingly.

Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?

Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.

I have lived too many lives to be only one thing, and instead of attempting to mesh them into a form of a human being, I have decided to love every jagged edge of mine.