Archived Quotes

Life is really simple, But we insist on making It complicated.

Dreams without goals remain dreams.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate;

and while the debate goes on,

the canal does also.

The best effort of a fine person is

felt after we have left their presence.

We will all, someday, experience death, and become obsolete as a dead leaf falling from a tree, crushed by passersby to ashes underlying the earth.

To be yourself in a world

that is constantly trying to make you something else

is the greatest accomplishment.

Fall down seven times,

stand up eight.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka

is the dream of youth of the nation.

My message for the youth is to collectively work for

an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Vulnerability in my songs is what connects people to the music.

Failure is just a lesson,

not the end of the story.

In the Spring,

I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

I race because I love the challenge and the thrill of competition.

When you receive criticism, ask,

Are they right?

I will not lose,

for even in defeat,

there’s a valuable lesson learned.

Friendship at first sight

like love at first sight

is said to be

the only truth.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power

has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

We may encounter many defeats but

we must not be defeated

Children are all foreigners.