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When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?

When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad.

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

A dream is not what you see when you sleep. It is what keeps you from falling asleep.