Freedom is a gift that can never adequately be repaid.

The past is as easy to travel into as turning the pages of a book...

For every thorn is just as essential to the longevity of the plant as the blossoms.

Keeping secrets from your father will only lead to trouble.

Buried treasure isn't worth much.

When the will is strong enough, it is astounding what one's mind can do.

Nervousness always provokes mistakes, and mistakes lead to easy convictions.

Even if the world was falling apart, that was no reason to let his appearance and good habits fall apart with it.

Father, in those moments of utter exasperation, help me to want You as much as I need You!

You have so many relationship-worthy qualities. Either the guys around here are complete idiots or you’ve never shown them the real you.

The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.

To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge.

I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden.

Today, more than ever, we need political leaders who can see the big picture, who understand the relationship between the economy and its environmental support systems.

He had found my worst weakness: I was one of those people who was desperate to be needed, to matter to someone.

The people are going to speak. I'm not going to have people who say, 'You can't do this, you can't do that'. I'm going to fight for the taxpayers like I always have.

And yet shall Love himself be heard,Though long deferred, though long deferred:O'er the modern waste a dove hath whirred:Music is Love in search of a word.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.