All footballers are motivated by money – those who say otherwise are lying.
If you don’t heal what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you.
Even when your life seems most monotonous, what you do is always of real value — and importance to your fellow men.
I have a small walk-in closet, and it can easily turn into a recycling museum, so I’ve also learned to sort out. When you are as old as I am, it is very important not to get sloppy and wear boring clothes.
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
If you’re a giver, remember to learn your limits. Because the takers don’t have any.
Just because you’re unique, doesn’t mean you’re useful.
I’ve never worried about my color. I never had the black thing. If the whole world was like this, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe it is. I don’t have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.
Why fall in love, when you can fall asleep
Remember, when you point a finger at someone there are three more pointing back at you.
An amazing breathlessness arises because we fill our lives with emptiness and Facebook. In a discussion about the empty calories of Facebook, someone close to me said with great seriousness: “I have 190 friends on Facebook.” Then I replied: “Yes, but hardly one of them will pick up your coffin the day you leave here.” Why not use the time for some fewer and real friends in the real world.
A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. This is where the rich use public transport.
I’m as happy as I can get – meeen I’ve been happier.
You won’t get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.
And what happens when you go away? When life’s shirt gets too short? Where is the common thread? You have to become something!