Archived Quotes

I have always done my duty.

I hope it will be remembered.

Express yourself honestly.

Everything we hear is an opinion,

not a fact.

Everything we see is a perspective,

not the truth.

The environment is everything that isn't me.

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.

A friend is one

who knows you

and loves you

just the same.

I had reasoned this out in my mind;

there was one of two things I had a right to,

liberty or death.

For me,

there are two types of people:

the young and the experienced.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth

is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves

when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep

into our own natures.

Who hears me,

who understands me,

becomes mine,

a possession for all time.

You only live once

that’s the motto,

YOLO.

Not everything that is faced can be changed,

but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

If you can somehow figure out how to have a calling,

you have hit the jackpot.

I have found out there ain’t no surer way to find out

whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Don’t set goals based on what you can do;

set them based on what you can become.

The happiness of your life depends upon

the quality of your thoughts.

Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless.

I don't have a feeling of inferiority.

Never had.

I'm as good as anybody,

but no better.

Being able to admit you’re wrong is a great thing.

Some people dream of success,

while other people get up

every morning and

make it happen.