Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn’t, thank God.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

The kindness that’s been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it’s really saved my life.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

My mother was Catholic, my father was Protestant. There was always a debate going on at home – I think in those days we called them arguments – about who was right and who was wrong.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we’ve chosen to do with our life.

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

Marriage is scary to me, man.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

The honor of a nation is its life.

God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

I want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He’s given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball’s taught me on and off the court. For the people that I’ve been able to meet through the game of basketball.

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

I sang a song at my sister’s wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

There is nothing permanent except change.

It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

Love… it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night’s date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn’t think of looking at another woman.

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don’t cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That’s going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.

I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.

I saw 14 games in two and a half months at Churchill. It was what I really signed for. They were eyeing the championship and also playing the AFC Cup. So I am very thankful for Churchill, the coaching staff and the players.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

He knows my limitations and where I’m a good wife and a good mom.

I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you’re supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.

Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

This has always been my life and no one else’s, and that’s how it’s always been since the day I came in it.

The name Zahra was to have been lman’s own name at birth, but a senior member of the family changed it to lman at the last minute.

If you look at the movie ‚Belly,‘ I identify with Sincere the most. I am a gangster. I love my lady to death. I’m not in the game for the wrong reasons. I’m not in the game for the glory. I’m in the game to survive so the people that I love could be straight. I’m a highly intelligent individual.

Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.