Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

I have to be seen to be believed.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

Never focus on your problems. Focus on your possibilities. The problems will pull you down. The possibilities will push you up

There must be 15 shows about people's jobs: 'Ice Road Trucker,' 'Axe Men,' 'Dirty Jobs.' Unemployment is so high, we're watching people work.

The bully and his victim never quite forget their first relations.

I'm not a rock and roller, a hitmaker. I'm highly dependent on what's coming out of these vocal cords.

Everyone is passionate about something. Usually more than one thing. We are born with it.

A gastronomical supermeal didn't necessarily have to involve the things I had brought from other top kitchens.

I want to live life on my own terms.

I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.

I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.

The Gospel is the deepest consolation you can offer to the human heart.