"人々の中には、私に地に足をつけてほしいと望む人もいました。彼らのレベルに下がって、リラックスしてほしいと。でも、できませんでした。それは私のDNAにはなかったんです。"

“There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something they're not”

“Learn from failure. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn’t a success, ...”

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”

“Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find ...”

“The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it”

“I think sometimes in life, the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen...”

“Difficulties break some men but make others”

“The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes”

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles...”

“Certain things in life simply have to be experienced and never explained. Love is such a thing.”

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength ”

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”