The late 1990s were good to me. I was doing the Lottery, GMTV and I had a good contract with ITV. But I was working so hard, I never had time to celebrate. I never thought I was lucky.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them.

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

People who earn reasonable amounts are being turned into the anti-Christ. I think 45 per cent tax is a colossal amount to take off somebody, and it is taking away the incentive to earn.

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.

I grew up in a world before people had credit cards. There were no magic cards - it was all about budgeting.

A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.

It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.

Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.

No matter what happens to you, if you have life, with faith and hope, you will live to see your situation change.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

To earn more, you must learn more.

Leaders who are silent and do nothing are as guilty and do worse than those who commit these horrific attacks

Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.(Tout passe tout lasse tout casse.)

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

Playing half court or even organising a practise game against another team is a great way to train. It ensures a tough session and is often the best way to learn what works and what doesn't

I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.

I like to work half a day. I don't care of it's the first twelve hours or the second twelve hurs. I just put in my half every day. It keeps me out of trouble.

I'm interested in endurance. People persist in the face of the most excruciating hardships.