To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.

Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples.

We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are.

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.