"Education is for freedom - freedom from mental slavery."

"With teamwork we are able to multiply our output and minimize individual input."

"Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws."

"That failure serves a purpose!"

"Whatever thing the mind can imagine, the eyes can see, the hands will soon handle."

"Friendship is the grease of life."

"When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows."

"Nothing will bind the eyes of man quicker than the touch of compromise. A principle not compromised is a principle worth dying for. A dream not compromised is a dream worth living for."

"The courage of one can change the course of all."

"Every man is the craftsman of his future, whether he hone it himself or allow fate do it."

"A man's life is about keeping rules, breaking them, and making new ones."

"Love springs from the inside. It is the immortal surge of passion, excitement, energy, power, strength, prosperity, recognition, respect, desire, determination, enthusiasm, confidence, courage, and vitality, that nourishes, extends and protects. It possesses an external objective - life."

"Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does."

"Patience and persistence are the keys... The keys to unlock doors of success... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience."

"Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without."

"I acquired courage from the masterpieces of sages. I came of age by their instructions to keep going, even in hard times. Then I learnt not to despair, even when it seemed that my world is falling apart. I learnt to possess fortitude."

"We all have different paths in life. As in purpose, so is happiness. As our purposes differ, so do our roads to happiness differ, though we may have common grounds."

"Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset."

"Mere hope isn't enough to change destiny. One must act."

"It takes patience to make a man - the patience to listen, watch and wait."

"Whatever will be, will be, if and only if you let it be."

"The mind is the mine of man, wherein he digs out good or evil."

"Do you know the opportunity you get when you fail? It is starting again - an opportunity to perform better."

"All of us are in the manufacturing industry - manufacturing either our own happiness or unhappiness."

"Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man."

"As the sun shines I will make hayTo keep failure at bayFor there remaineth a payFor my honest toil each day."

"Happiness is the good life that is marked by flourishing well-being, joy, prosperity, peace, satisfaction, and pleasure."

"Happiness is a journey, not a journey's end."

"Every man is the conscious or unconscious author of his state."

"See your hard times through the spectacles of your experiences. They, too, shall pass away."

"The peak of happiness is attained when a person has accepted to be what he is."

"The commencement of true happiness is the realization that your happiness begins with you."

"To shine and outshine the shining stars, to take your abilities to the greatest height, to sit on top of the world, you must fortify yourself with persistence, the determination and willingness to stay in the same direction over a long period of time whatever the cost might be."

"One of the most important things a man must bear in mind is this very thing - that he owes his fellow a transforming encounter."

"Writers are like tricksters. Their words lure us to embark on journeys and unlock our emotions."

"Who knows not sacrifice may never gain freedom."

"Synergy without strategy results to waste of energy."

"There is no good envy, except the one that motivates us to reach higher goals and be better than the person we were yesterday."

"The greatest reward for a man's failure is not necessarily the consequent success, but what he becomes by it."

"Happiness does not completely depend on comforts or opulence. Even a pauper can be happier than a prince."

"Waiting is a form of passive persistence."

"When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true savour of sagacity."

"There is a thin line between the impossible and the possible - that is determination."

"Sooner or later, the man who learnt lessons from his failures will be the one to be sought first for guidance, counsel and formula on how to be successful in life's endeavours."

"A man's genius seems to befriend the more when he reads with open heart, the masterpiece of masterminds, the sagacity of sages, and the ingenious words of geniuses of ages."

"In anything you set out to do, don't try your best. Do your best."

"Over the years, I've come to realize that determination makes one to punch above one's weight."

"To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy."

"There is a good life. The goodnews is that you can live that good life. The good life is the happy life. To live this good life, be happy! A truly happy man is a good man."

"Failure does not connote that you achieved nothing. It denotes that you are on an adventure towards finding what will eventually advance you to the realization of your goals."