If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Right is right, no matter how wrong the time is.

Congratulations, " she said. "You win.

In space you don't stop.

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

We don't have time for tone. We have to go out and get the job done.

TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.

Your top job as a new parent is to love your baby like crazy. After showering her with affection, your next two important jobs are to feed her and to calm her when she cries.

To me having a party is something like having a baby. The fact that you got through the last one alive is not somehow sufficiently reassuring now.

Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is.

Prayer, even more than eating or sleeping, is not a luxury but a necessity, and we are only fully human when we remember this and arrange our life accordingly.