Shayri Quotes

We should not give up

We should not allow

the problem to defeat us.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

All wars signify the failure of

conflict resolution mechanisms,

and they need post

war

rebuilding of faith, trust and

confidence.

I remember a specific moment,

watching my grandmother,

hang the clothes on the line,

and her saying to me,

you are going to have to learn to do this,

and me being in that space of awareness and knowing,

that my life would not be the same,

as my grandmother's life.

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope.

He wants to reform the world.

When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world,

but he knows he can't.

Government is instituted for the protection,

security,

and happiness of the people.

Hire people who are right a lot.

Change is necessary for progress.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;

and under the rule of a just God,

cannot long retain it.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

My mother was my first country,

the first place I ever lived.

Community protection begins with

ordinary citizens taking responsibility.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

Focus on the journey,

not just the destination.

Patience is a key element of success.

I believe that every single event in life

happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

Until you’re ready to look foolish,

you’ll never have the possibility of being great.

I gotta stay real to myself,

that’s the code.

You have to have a sense of humor about yourself.