A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

Motivation gets you started, and inspiration keeps you going.

When someone loves you so much that He dies for you, you can trust that any rewards He promises are going to be good.

And without understanding, could each properly love the other?

The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it?

His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hate.

Happiness is seeing your son drafted the same day he's been accepted to an expensive college.

If North Korea doesn't have a deterrent, they will be wiped out.

God loves us and seeks our redemption, at times through angels.

Without philosophy, action has no meaning.