I respected [Margaret Thatcher] enormously. She had great integrity in that respect.

The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.

By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty.

Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality.

I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.

The world will not wait for us.

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.

Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism.

We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation.

I really had very little to do with Pierre Trudeau. He was off the scene very soon.

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.

Music is a language that speaks to people emotions.

As child, when the elders spoke their wise words, it only echoes in my ears. As an adult, I have crystal clear insight to the wise aphorisms by the elderly.

Don't miss the bus, boy. You're missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus.

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

Passion is a decision about how we will approach life, before it becomes a feeling!

It is all here. You make the choice.

I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up.

True faith begins with true repentance for whatever we have been doing that is wrong.

Find out where you are at, where you are going and build a plan to get there.