From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society.

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. Some of them are not known even in their own countries, but when you come across them you are very impressed. Those are heroes or heroines we must never forget. Because of their service to society, you can't really help but admire them.

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.

The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help build the country of our dreams?

Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.