"Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called 'It Takes a Village.' And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, 'What the heck do you mean by that?' This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone."

"Somebody had said how only 15 paisa of the one rupee sent from the Centre reached the intended beneficiaries. The job of a leader isn't just to diagnose the disease but to treat it"

"Only the absolutely determined people succeed."

"A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them."

"I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family."

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."