Gujarat Quotes

The boy who is going to make a great man

must not make up his mind merely to overcome

a thousand obstacles,

but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Always forgive your enemies;

nothing annoys them so much.

We are just trying to make tools for people.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun,

the moon, and the truth.

Life isn’t about finding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself.

Leadership is about putting the good of the people

above personal ambition.

You're either humble or you're not.

If you were a jerk before the fame,

you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight.

Whoever you are really comes through.

I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent,

and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.

It's when children are 15,

16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor,

an engineer,

a politician or go to the Mars or moon.

That is the time they start having a dream,

and that's the time you can work on them.

You can help them shape their dreams.

You smart,

you loyal,

you a genius.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life.

A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Courage is being scared to death,

but saddling up anyway.

Remember that sometimes not getting

what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

I have been refused entrance on the buses because

I would not pay my fare at the front

and go around to the rear door to enter.

That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point

where the white passengers would start occupying.

I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems.

Then we roll the videotape...

then we have our experts on the topic...

I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.

Years ago I went into my laboratory and said,

'Dear Mr. Creator, please tell me what the universe was made for?'

The Great Creator answered,

'You want to know too much for that little mind of yours.

Ask for something more your size, little man.'

The most important thing is to enjoy your life

to be happy—it’s all that matters.

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When I was a boy of fourteen,

my father was so ignorant

I could hardly stand to have the old man around.