Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

There are no strangers in Freemasonry, only friends you've yet to meet.

Hard work is good for the soul, and it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself because you don’t have time.

What’s the secret to success? It’s no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.

Opportunities don't knock at all. They don't have to, they're already all around us. It's up to us to see where they are and take advantage of them.

The more you give to others, the more you get in return.

You earn your reputation by the things you do every day.

Don't be afraid to be unique or speak your mind, because that's what makes you different from everyone else.

It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and theyll keep coming back.

Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we’re all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers’ expectations every day.

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

Please Tommy. Please.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Why do we spend so much of our limited time on this earth focusing on all the things that our eulogies will never cover?

So what I tend to do is to think of today as the past. It's funny when you comin in first but you hope that you last.. You just hope that it lasts.

The problems we face are human problems and therefore are capable of human solutions.

We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own.

More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.

I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best known books, the Mortal Engines series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.

Call up, ring once, hang up the phone to let me know you made it home. Don't want nothing to be wrong with my part time lover.