I must say that part of our national wealth is not only the nation's people but those people who lead them.

Communication is the conduit of leadership from the Prime Minister down to the leading hand of a small group of council workers fixing the roads. Leadership uncommunicated is leadership unrequited!

Let's start therefore with a universal truth: leaders are fundamentally accountable.

We want our leaders to be fair dinkum, as much among us as above us.

Our vision is to look through the eyes of our kids. We are a lucky, peaceful nation. We are an unselfish people. That's one of our proudest national attributes.

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.

Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually true.

...the standard for moral behaviour must be part of God's nature. He did not create morality, he is morality.

I am on pilgrim to self-realisation.

Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!

You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

The only person on the planet saying derogatory things about his woman is the black man.

Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over a lifetime.

My new Boyfriend! Mr. Marmoset Hard and Silent! #peopledontknowthings

The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.