I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.

As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society in the land of our adoption.

Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.

I look back to a happy childhood.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.

There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me.

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

Today, I challenge you to pay it forward. You don't need to save a village—only one lost soul. Be the reflection of Christ and shine His light. The cost is little, but the reward is rich.

It may seem strange that one with whom I had held so little communion should have so engrossed my thoughts, but benefits conferred awaken love in some minds, as surely as benefits received in others.

I believe that the choice not to have a choice is a choice in itself.

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.

We ought to encourage our children to know their relatives. We need to talk of them, make effort to correspond with them, visit them, join family organizations, etc.

I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words.

Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.