“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”

“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

“I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.”

“Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.”

“We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.”

“It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail.”

“I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.”

“After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.”

“There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.”