A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know

Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.

Taking a digital holiday is a great way to start bringing balance back into your life.

Some folks of cider make a rout And cider's well enough no doubt When better liquors fail; But wine, that's richer, better still, Ev'n wine itself (deny't who will) Must yield to nappy ale

I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode.

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.

Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.