Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.