“The time is always right to do right.”

The best weapon is to sit down and talk.

Great anger and violence can never build a nation.

Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.

You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.

No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.

A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Education is the great engine of personal development.

Nothing is black or white.

The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

Think of business as a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.

For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.

Never test the depth of river with both the feet.

Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

I would rather have people think we’re confused than let our competitors know what we’re going to do.

Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.

If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn’t otherwise accomplish.