There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The River SwishDeftly maneuvered through the dark green abyss ~The wooden raft seemed in tune with this ~Canorous rush of theriver swish....

In life, if you want to be happy, choose to be optimistic.

Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.

My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.

As you get older, all the things your parents said to you when you were younger ring true, but when you're younger, you reject them.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix.

As long as hunger exists, peace cannot prevail.