Spped Quotes

Nationalism is an infantile disease.

It is the measles of mankind.

Change is never easy,

but it is necessary.

Never invest in a business you cannot understand.

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.

Ideally a book would have no order to it,

and the reader would have to discover his own.

They do not love that do not show their love.

I have a dream that one day

this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist.

I am willing to fight for peace.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves

refuse to go to war.

I’m a very visual person.

Leadership is influence,

nothing more,

nothing less.

As we look into the next century,

leaders will be those who empower others.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

Without hard work, Nothing grows but weeds.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president

was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment

awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases

which were pending had a social and economic bias.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel

that has crushed it.

Do not pray for an easy life;

pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

Life opens up opportunities to you,

and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Liberty cannot be established without morality,

nor morality without faith.